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Rapid testing leads to the underestimation of the scrapie prevalence in an affected sheep and goat flock.
Veterinary microbiology - 31 Aug 2007
Reckzeh Claudia, Hoffmann Christine, Buschmann Anne, Buda Silke, Budras Klaus-Dieter, Reckling Karl-Friedrich, Bellmann Steffi, Knobloch Hartmut, Erhardt Georg, Fries Reinhard, Groschup Martin H
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To obtain a more detailed understanding of the prevalence of classical scrapie infections in a heavily affected German sheep flock (composed of 603 sheep and 6 goats), we analysed 169 sheep and 6 goats that carried the genotypes susceptible to the disease and that were therefore culled following discovery of the index case. The initial tests were performed using the Biorad TeSeE ELISA and reactive results were...
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