Scrapie diagnosis in a goat and four Santa Inês sheep from the same herd in Brazil

Scrapie is a fatal and progressive transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of natural occurrence in sheep and goats. The suspicion of scrapie may be based on clinical signs; however, the detection of pathological features of the prionic protein (PrP) in target tissues is necessary to diagnose...

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Main Authors: J.S. Leal, G.L.F. Correa, G.S. Boos, M.V. Bianchi, F.M. Boabaid, R.F.F. Lopes, D. Driemeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2015-12-01
Series:Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352015000601625&lng=en&tlng=en