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Ability of wild type mouse bioassay to detect bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the presence of excess scrapie.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 3 Apr 2015
Corda Erica, Thorne Leigh, Beck Katy E, Lockey Richard, Green Robert B, Vickery Christopher M, Holder Thomas M, Terry Linda A, Simmons Marion M, Spiropoulos John
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INTRODUCTION: Scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) which naturally affect small and large ruminants respectively. However, small ruminants, which are susceptible to BSE under experimental conditions, have been exposed to the same or similar contaminated food additives as cattle. To date two natural cases of BSE in small ruminants have been...
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