High prevalence of scrapie in a dairy goat herd: Tissue distribution of disease-associated PrP and effect of PRNP genotype and age

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  González, Lorenzo ^a   Martin, Stuart ^a   Sisó, Sílvia ^a   Konold, Timm ^a   Ortiz Peláez, Angel ^a   Phelan, Laura ^a   Goldmann, Wilfred ^b   Stewart, Paula ^b   Saunders, Ginny ^a   Windl, Otto ^a   Jeffrey, Martin ^a   Hawkins, Stephen A C ^a   Dawson, Michael ^a   Hope, James ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Goat; Prion disease; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HERD; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PALATINE TONSIL; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM MUCOSA; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SCRAPIE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT DISEASE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PRION; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

ANIMALS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LYMPH NODES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PREVALENCE; PRIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 70349559649     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009048     Document Type: Article

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