Bovine adapted transmissible mink encephalopathy is similar to L-BSE after passage through sheep with the VRQ/VRQ genotype but not VRQ/ARQ

Bovine adapted transmissible mink encephalopathy is similar to L-BSE after passage through sheep with the VRQ/VRQ genotype but not VRQ/ARQ

Abstract Background Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) is a fatal neurologic disease of farmed mink. Evidence indicates that TME and L-BSE are similar and may be linked in some outbreaks of TME. We previously transmitted bovine adapted TME (bTME) to sheep. The present study compared ovine passa...

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Main Authors: Eric Cassmann, Sarah Jo Moore, Robyn Kokemuller, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Martin Groschup, Eric Nicholson, Justin Greenlee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
TME
Transmissible mink encephalopathy
L-BSE
Prion diseases
Prion
PRNP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-020-02611-0

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