Immunolocalisation of the prion protein (PrP) in the brains of sheep with scrapie.

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Immunolocalisation of the prion protein (PrP) in the brains of sheep with scrapie.

The Veterinary record - 23 Nov 1996

Foster J D, Wilson M, Hunter N

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Cheviot sheep from the Neuropathogenesis Unit flock were examined for PrP in brain sections using immunocytochemistry in order to aid scrapie diagnosis. Brains were collected from sheep which had been naturally or experimentally infected with scrapie and fixed in periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde...

Topics

Animals
Brain
Genotype
Prions
Scrapie
Sheep
Sheep Diseases

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