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The potential for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in non-ruminant livestock and fish.
Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) - 1 Apr 2003
Matthews D, Cooke B C
Abstract excerpt
Pigs and poultry in the United Kingdom have undeniably been exposed to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent. They consumed the same ruminant protein that gave rise to the BSE epidemic in cattle, but there has been no evidence of an epidemic in these species. Experimental investigations have shown pigs to be susceptible to infection by multiple parenteral challenge, but resistant to oral exposure with...
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