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Occurrence and distribution of infection-specific PrP in tissues of clinical scrapie cases and cull sheep from scrapie-affected farms in Shetland.
Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Nov 2002
Jeffrey M, Begara-McGorum I, Clark S, Martin S, Clark J, Chaplin M, González L
Abstract excerpt
The prion protein (PrP) genotypes of all cull sheep originating from four scrapie-affected farms in Shetland in 1998-1999 were determined and a representative sample of the different genotypes was selected for necropsy. Samples of brain and selected viscera were removed from 159 such sheep aged 2-11 years. These samples were examined immunohistochemically and by Western blotting for infection-specific forms of...
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