Experimental Oral Transmission of Atypical Scrapie to Sheep

To investigate the possibility of oral transmission of atypical scrapie in sheep and determine the distribution of infectivity in the animals’ peripheral tissues, we challenged neonatal lambs orally with atypical scrapie; they were then killed at 12 or 24 months. Screening test results were negative...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Marion M. Simmons, S. Jo Moore, Timm Konold, Lisa Thurston, Linda A. Terry, Leigh Thorne, Richard Lockey, Chris Vickery, Stephen A.C. Hawkins, Melanie J. Chaplin, John Spiropoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-05-01
Subjects:
sheep
scrapie agent
atypical
oral administration
bioassay
infectivity
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/5/10-1654_article

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