Possible case of maternal transmission of feline spongiform encephalopathy in a captive cheetah

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Bencsik, Anna ^a   Debeer, Sabine ^a,c   Petit, Thierry ^b   Baron, Thierry ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b Zoo de La Palmyre ^*  (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FELINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 70249088365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006929     Document Type: Article

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