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Accumulation of pathogenic prion protein (PrPSc) in nervous and lymphoid tissues of sheep with subclinical scrapie.
Veterinary pathology - 1 Mar 2003
Ersdal C, Ulvund M J, Benestad S L, Tranulis M A
Abstract excerpt
All sheep older than 1 year of age from a flock of the Rygja breed in which clinical scrapie was detected for the first time in two animals (4%) were examined for accumulation of pathogenic prion protein (PrPSc) by immunohistochemistry in the obex, the cerebellum, and the medial retrophayngeal lymph node. In addition, six lambs, 2-3 months old, all offspring of PrPSc-positive dams, were examined for PrPSc in the...
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