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Evidence for the transmission of scrapie to sheep and goats from a vaccine against Mycoplasma agalactiae.
The Veterinary record - 28 Apr 2001
Caramelli M, Ru G, Casalone C, Bozzetta E, Acutis P L, Calella A, Forloni G
Abstract excerpt
An accidental infection from a vaccine was suggested as the explanation for the sudden increase in outbreaks of scrapie in Italy in 1997 and 1998. This paper describes a recent outbreak of scrapie in sheep and goats which were exposed to the same vaccine. No ewes or goats had been imported into the herd since 1992, but a vaccine against Mycoplasma agalactiae had been administered twice, in 1995 and 1997. High...
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