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The placenta shed from goats with classical scrapie is infectious to goat kids and lambs.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 2015
Schneider David A, Madsen-Bouterse Sally A, Zhuang Dongyue, Truscott Thomas C, Dassanayake Rohana P, O'Rourke Katherine I
Abstract excerpt
The placenta of domestic sheep plays a key role in horizontal transmission of classical scrapie. Domestic goats are frequently raised with sheep and are susceptible to classical scrapie, yet potential routes of transmission from goats to sheep are not fully defined. Sparse accumulation of disease-associated prion protein in cotyledons casts doubt about the role of the goat's placenta. Thus, relevant to mixed-herd...
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