State-of-the-art review of goat TSE in the European Union, with special emphasis on PRNP genetics and epidemiology

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Vaccari, Gabriele ^a   Panagiotidis, Cynthia H ^b   Acin, Cristina ^c   Peletto, Simone ^d   Barillet, Francis ^e   Acutis, Pierluigi ^d   Bossers, Alex ^f   Langeveld, Jan ^f   Van Keulen, Lucien ^f   Sklaviadis, Theodoros ^b   Badiola, Juan J ^c   Andréoletti, Olivier ^e   Groschup, Martin H ^g   Agrimi, Umberto ^a   Foster, James ^h   Goldmann, Wilfred ^h  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Goat; Prion protein; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL HEALTH; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CYPRUS; DEER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GOAT; GREECE; HUMAN; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; EUROPE; GENETICS; GOAT DISEASE; PRION;

BOS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PRIONS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 67650957787     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009031     Document Type: Review

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