Systemic fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis in a blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii): The first non-AA systemic amyloidosis in avians.
Amyloidosis is a group of protein-misfolding disorders characterized by the deposition of insoluble fibrils in tissues. In birds, only systemic amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis and cerebral Aβ amyloidosis have been described to date, and non-AA systemic amyloidosis has not been reported. We describe the first case of non-AA...