Exposure of sheep scrapie brain homogenate to rumen-simulating conditions does not result in a reduction of PrPSc levels

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-636

  Nicholson, E M ^a   Richt, J A ^a   Rasmussen, M A ^a,b   Hamir, A N ^a   Lebepe Mazur, S ^a   Horst, R L ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b SarTec Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Prion; Prion protein; Rumen; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONDITION; DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES; ORAL ROUTE; PRION; PRION PROTEIN; RUMEN; SCRAPIE; SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES; TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

PRION PROTEIN;

BRAIN; FERMENTATION; HEALTH RISKS; IMMUNOLOGY;

BRAIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SCANDIUM; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SENESCENCE; SHEEP; SIMULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34250366153     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02124.x     Document Type: Article

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