Article
Evidence of scrapie transmission via milk.
BMC veterinary research - 8 Apr 2008
Konold Timm, Moore S Jo, Bellworthy Susan J, Simmons Hugh A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The risk of scrapie infection increases with increased duration and proximity of contact between sheep at lambing. Scrapie infectivity has not been detected in milk but cellular prion protein, the precursor of disease-associated prion protein PrPd, has been found in milk from ruminants. To determine whether milk is able to transmit scrapie, 18 lambs with a prion protein genotype associated with high...
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