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Differential diagnosis of infections with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie agents in sheep.
Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Nov 2001
Jeffrey M, Martin S, González L, Ryder S J, Bellworthy S J, Jackman R
Abstract excerpt
Scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease belong to the group of disorders called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases. The possibility that some sheep may be infected with the BSE agent is of human and animal health concern. Immunohistochemical methods were used to identify specific prion protein (PrP) peptide sequences in specific cell types of...
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