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Transmission of Norwegian reindeer CWD to sheep by intracerebral inoculation results in an unusual phenotype and prion distribution.
Veterinary research - 29 Jul 2024
Harpaz Erez, Cazzaniga Federico Angelo, Tran Linh, Vuong Tram T, Bufano Giuseppe, Salvesen Øyvind, Gravdal Maiken, Aldaz Devin, Sun Julianna, Kim Sehun, Celauro Luigi, Legname Giuseppe, Telling Glenn C, Tranulis Michael A, Benestad Sylvie L, Espenes Arild, Moda Fabio, Ersdal Cecilie
Abstract excerpt
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a prion disease affecting cervids, has been known in North America (NA) since the 1960s and emerged in Norway in 2016. Surveillance and studies have revealed that there are different forms of CWD in Fennoscandia: contagious CWD in Norwegian reindeer and sporadic CWD in moose and red deer. Experimental studies have demonstrated that NA CWD prions can infect various species, but thus...
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