Cheetahs in captivity suffer from protein disorder
cheetahs in captivity are suffering from an ailment about which very little is known. In a new study, researchers from Japan and China have tried to show how the disease spreads among the population. The disease is a protein disorder similar to the mad cow disease where normal proteins get converted to abnormal proteins. These then get deposited in organs such as liver and spleen, the researchers said in the May 20 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
To examine potential routes of transmission, the researchers isolated the aa protein from diseased animals