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Atypical PrPsc distribution in goats naturally affected with scrapie.
Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Sofianidis G, Psychas V, Billinis C, Spyrou V, Argyroudis S, Vlemmas I
Abstract excerpt
The brain and spinal cord of 48 goats from two Greek herds in which scrapie had been reported were examined. All animals were symptomless at the time of euthanasia. Notably, no lesions were observed either at the level of the obex or at other regions of the brain and spinal cord. Immunohistochemical examination revealed PrPsc labelling of the linear and fine punctuate types, mainly in the cerebral cortices, of 36...
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