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Prion protein gene sequence of Canada's first non-imported case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Genome - 1 Dec 2003
Coulthart Michael B, Mogk Rhonda, Rancourt Jason M, Godal Deborah L, Czub Stefanie
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In May 2003, Canada became the 22nd country outside of the United Kingdom to report a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an animal not known to be imported from a country with cattle previously affected by this fatal, transmissible prion disease. Despite extensive testing of thousands of other animals that may have been exposed to contaminated feed at the same time as the affected animal, no...
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