Evolutionary biology and the risk of scrapie disease in sheep
Scrapie in sheep occurs in two forms. Classical scrapie, along with chronic wasting disease in deer, differs from all other prion diseases in being contagious and occurring as propagating epidemics. By contrast, atypical scrapie occurs sporadically and like most other prion diseases, such as Creutzf...
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Language: | English |
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Tripoli University
2018-08-01
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Series: | Open Veterinary Journal |
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Online Access: | https://www.openveterinaryjournal.com/OVJ-2017-11-211%20D.B.%20Adams.pdf |