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In vitro prion protein conversion suggests risk of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

BACKGROUND: Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) affect both domestic sheep (scrapie) and captive and free-ranging cervids (chronic wasting disease; CWD). The geographical range of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis; BHS) overlaps with states or provinces that have contained scrapie-positive...

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Autores principales: Morawski, Aaron R, Carlson, Christina M, Chang, Haeyoon, Johnson, Christopher J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23938169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-9-157