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Sympathetic Prions

The Scientific World Journal, 2001
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are a group of invariably fatal neurodegenerative diseases. The infectious agent is termed prion and is thought to be composed of a modified protein (PrPSc or PrPRES), a protease-resistant conformer of the normal
Markus Glatzel
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2015
Kamalakar S, Javanthi T
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Genome-wide search for markers associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy

, 2002
A genome-wide search for markers associated with BSE incidence was performed by using Transmission-Disequilibrium Tests (TDTs). Significant segregation distortion, i.e., unequal transmission probabilities of alleles within a locus, was found for three ...
Williams, J., Haley, Chris S., Waddington, Dave, Williams, John L., Wiener, P., Waddington, D., Hernández-Sánchez, J., Hernandez Sanchez, Jules, Wiener, Pamela, Haley, C.   +9 more
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U.S. MEAT EXPORTS AND FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION [PDF]

New information about food safety can stimulate a sudden, significant concern by the public, resulting in a pronounced change in consumer demand. One such example is the declining level of beef consumption in Europe and Japan, stemming from the outbreak ...
Koo, Won W., Jin, Hyun Joung
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Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) Infected with the Agent of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Develop Tau Pathology

, 2012
Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) were infected experimentally with the agent of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Two to four years later, six of the monkeys developed alterations in interactive behaviour and cognition and other ...
L. Cervenakova, P. Piccardo, D.M. Asher, J. Cervenak, O. Yakovleva, Seuberlich, T., K. Pomeroy, Cervenak, J., Pomeroy, K., A. Cook, Cook, A., Cervenakova, L., Yakovleva, O., Asher, D.M., Muhammad, F.S., L. Gregori, F.S. Muhammad, T. Seuberlich, Piccardo, P., Gregori, L.   +19 more
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Prion Seeding Activity in Plant Tissues Detected by RT-QuIC

Pathogens
Prion diseases such as scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and chronic wasting disease (CWD) affect domesticated and wild herbivorous mammals. Animals afflicted with CWD, the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids (deer, elk, and
Kate Burgener, Stuart Siegfried Lichtenberg, Daniel P. Walsh, Heather N. Inzalaco, Aaron Lomax, Joel A. Pedersen   +5 more
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Welfare Impacts of BSE-Driven Trade Bans [PDF]

There is often a need to respond quickly to assess the likely implications of policy changes. Here, an equilibrium displacement model is adapted to study international bans on U.S. beef.
Henneberry, Shida Rastegari, Brorsen, B. Wade, Mutondo, Joao E.   +2 more
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Atypical and classic bovine spongiform encephalopathy

, 2018
This chapter describes the prion diseases of cattle, or bovine transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (BoTSEs). “Classic” bovine spongiform encephalopathy (C-BSE), the major prion protein disorder of Bovidae, was first described in 1986.
Casalone, Cristina, James Hope, Cristina Casalone, Hope, James   +3 more
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BSE BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY

, 1995
Piehl, John. (1995). BSE BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY.
Piehl, John
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Measuring the Impact of a BSE Announcement on U.S. Retail Beef Sales: A Time-Series Analysis [PDF]

On December 23, 2003, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced that the United States Department of Agriculture had diagnosed the first U.S. case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as “mad cow disease.†This study uses ...
Shimazaki, Yoshiaki, Crowley, Christian S.L.   +1 more
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