Second passage of sheep scrapie and transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) agents in raccoons (Procyon lotor)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 844-851

  Hamir, A N ^a   Kunkle, R A ^b   Miller, J M ^b   Richt, J A ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross species transmission; Immunohistochemistry (PrPres), raccoons (Procyon lotor); Sheep scrapie; Spongiform encephalopathy; Strain differentiation; Transmissible mink encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MINK; PATHOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; RACCOON; SHEEP; TELENCEPHALON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MINK; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; RACCOONS; SHEEP; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MUSTELA VISON; OVIS ARIES; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 28144461832     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 03009858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-6-844     Document Type: Article

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