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Diagnosis of the first cases of scrapie in Poland.
Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) - 1 Oct 2010
Polak Miroslaw P, Larska Magdalena, Langeveld Jan P M, Buschmann Anne, Groschup Martin H, Zmudzinski Jan F
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This is the first report of cases of scrapie in Poland. The disease was an atypical phenotype, diagnosed in two aged sheep which were found dead. Brainstem samples from both animals were positive on the applied ELISA rapid test, while the confirmatory immunoblot indicated abnormal banding patterns of protease resistant prion protein (PrP(res)). The genotypes of these sheep were ALRQ/ALHQ and ALRQ/ALRR. The...
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