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A new method for the Characterization of Strain-Specific Conformational Stability of Protease-Sensitive and Protease Resistant PrPSc [PDF]

, 2010
Although proteinacious in nature, prions exist as strains with specific self-perpetuating biological properties. Prion strains are thought to be associated with different conformers of PrPSc, a disease-associated isoform of the host-encoded cellular ...
Gabriele Vaccari, Laura Pirisinu, Marcon Stefano, Fazzi, P., Pirisinu Laura, Michele Di Bari, Nonno Romolo, Bari, M., Di, Marcon, S., Langeveld Jan, Paola Fazzi, Cardone, F., Vaccari Gabriele, Vaccari, G., Langeveld, J.P.M., Galeno Roberta, Roberta Galeno, Pirisinu, L., Esposito Elena, Fazzi Paola, Jan Langeveld, Nonno, R., Umberto Agrimi, D'Agostino, C., Elena Esposito, Stefano Marcon, Esposito, E., Claudia D'Agostino, Agrimi Umberto, Agrimi, U., Agostino, C., D', Di Bari, M., D'Agostino Claudia, Romolo Nonno, Di Bari Michele   +34 more
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Descriptive, comparative, and functional anatomy of the facial musculature in cattle (Bos taurus)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Facial expressions can provide insight into animal emotions and pain, but no standardized system for assessing the entire facial display in cattle (Bos taurus Linnaeus) exists. The Facial Action Coding System (FACS), originally developed for humans, identifies distinct facial movements based on mimetic muscles.
Maja Söderlind, Bridget Cain, Katrina Ask, Jean‐Francois Valarcher, Elin Hernlund, Pia Haubro Andersen, Marie Rhodin   +6 more
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Improving sheep feedlot management [PDF]

, 2006
This paper summarise six studies undertaken by the Sheep CRC to elucidate certain aspects of confinement feeding of sheep. A review of confinement feeding highlighted the variability of growth rate and feed conversion of sheep and revealed that little is
Bowen, M., Kirby, R.M., Rowe, J.B., Ryan, M., Stockman, C., McIntyre, B.L., Bowen, Maree K., Jordan, D., Beretta, V., Jordan, D.J., Ryan, M.P.   +10 more
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Cardiac morphological and morphometric analysis of Ardea alba

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Ardea alba (Linnaeus, 1758) is a widely distributed heron species whose cardiovascular morphology remains poorly described. This study aimed to characterize the cardiac morphology and morphometry of adult A. alba. Ten specimens were analyzed using radiographic, morphometric, histological, scanning electron microscopy, and three‐dimensional ...
Julia Vaz Feio, Max Alex Santos Ferreira, Elane Guerreiro Giese, Érika Branco, Antônio Basílio Guerreiro Junior, Ana Rita de Lima   +5 more
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Epidemiology of parasitic protozoan infections in Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) on St Kilda [PDF]

, 2006
The feral Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) population on Hirta, St Kilda, is host to a diverse component parasite community, but previous parasitological studies of the population have only focussed on the metazoan species.
B. H. CRAIG, L. E. B. KRUUK, Pilkington, J. G., Pemberton, J. M., Kruuk, L. E. B., J. M. PEMBERTON, J. G. PILKINGTON, Craig, B. H.   +7 more
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SOX6 is expressed in various cell lineages in the developing mouse heart and contributes to proper valvuloseptal development

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Cells derived from the endocardium, epicardium, cardiac neural crest, and second heart field play a critical role in the formation of the valvuloseptal structures of the heart. Previous studies have shown that the expression of the transcription factor SOX9 in these cell populations is essential in the regulation of this process.
Hannah G. Tarolli, Andrew B. Harvey, Inara Devji, Raymond N. Deepe, Jenna R. Drummond, Renélyn A. Wolters, Andy Wessels   +6 more
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Variability in disease phenotypes within a single PRNP genotype suggests the existence of multiple natural sheep scarpie strains within Europe [PDF]

, 2010
Variability of pathological phenotypes within classical sheep scrapie cases has been reported for some time, but in many instances it has been attributed to differences in the PRNP genotype of the host.
González, L., E. Monleon, L. J. M. van Keulen, Jeffrey, M., Balkema-Buschmann, A., C. Hoffmann, Badiola, J.J., Lulini, B., Keulen, L.J.M., van, van Keulen, L.J.M., A. Balkema-Buschmann, Monleón, E., S. Siso, A. Ortiz-Pelaez, Langeveld, J.P.M., Hoffmann, C., J. J. Badiola, Sisó, S., Acín, C., Ortiz-Peláez, A., J. P. M. Langeveld, B. Iulini, M. Jeffrey, L. Gonzalez, C. Casalone, Casalone, C., C. Acin   +26 more
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Genetic Diversity, Adaptation, Wild Introgression, and Coat Color Mutation of Golden Yak

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Genetic diversity, adaptation, wild introgression, and coat color mutation of golden yak from two populations on the Qinghai‐Xizang Plateau. ABSTRACT The golden yak lives on the Qinghai‐Xizang Plateau with a golden coat and adapts to high altitudes and strong ultraviolet environment. The golden coat is a prominent phenotype in many domesticated species,
Huixuan Yan, Jialei Chen, Chuzhao Lei, Fengwei Zhang, Shunzhong He, Weiru Song, Hongyan Ma, Shuling Li, Guomei Li, Laba Yongcuo, Jianlin Han, Johannes A. Lenstra, Qiang Zhang, Rende Song, Basang Wangdui, Ningbo Chen   +15 more
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Heart rate variability analysis in sheep affected by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

BMC Research Notes, 2011
Background The function of the autonomic nervous system can be assessed by determining heart rate variability (HRV), which is impaired in some brainstem diseases in humans.
Konold Timm, Bone Gemma E
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Evaluation of approaches to control of Maedi-Visna disease of sheep using a Markov chain simulation model for a range of typical British Flocks [PDF]

An epidemiological model is described that closely mimicked results of a published serological study of natural transmission of Maedi-Visna virus in a low ground flock of sheep.
Stott, Alistair W., Milne, Catherine E., Gunn, George J.   +2 more
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