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Atypical scrapie in sheep from a UK research flock which is free from classical scrapie.
BMC veterinary research - 10 Feb 2009
Simmons Hugh A, Simmons Marion M, Spencer Yvonne I, Chaplin Melanie J, Povey Gill, Davis Andrew, Ortiz-Pelaez Angel, Hunter Nora, Matthews Danny, Wrathall Anthony E
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BACKGROUND: In the wake of the epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy the British government established a flock of sheep from which scrapie-free animals are supplied to laboratories for research. Three breeds of sheep carrying a variety of different genotypes associated with scrapie susceptibility/resistance were imported in 1998 and 2001 from New Zealand, a country regarded as free from scrapie. They are...
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