Articles
Volume 4 (2008) - April 2008
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Pruritus is a common feature in sheep infected with the BSE agent Timm Konold, Gemma Bone, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Raul Tortosa, Andrew Davis, Glenda Dexter, Peter Hill, Martin Jeffrey, Marion M Simmons, Melanie J Chaplin, Susan J Bellworthy, Christine Berthelin-Baker BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4:16 (29 April 2008) Sheep infected with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent were found to display the same clinical signs seen in classical scrapie disease, although intense itching and scratching symptoms manifested earlier in the course of BSE infection.
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Katariina Thomson, Merja Rantala, Maria Hautala, Satu Pyörälä, Liisa Kaartinen BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4:15 (14 April 2008) |
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Evidence of scrapie transmission via milk Timm Konold, S Jo Moore, Susan J Bellworthy, Hugh A Simmons BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4:14 (8 April 2008) Milk from scrapie-affected ewes is capable of transmitting the infectious prion protein to unaffected, genetically susceptible lambs, although it remains to be determined whether the lambs then develop scrapie disease symptoms.
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No temporal trends in the prevalence of atypical scrapie in British sheep, 2002–2006 K Marie McIntyre, Victor J del Rio Vilas, Simon Gubbins BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4:13 (2 April 2008) |
