Why was this paper controversial and how robust do the findings look in light of contemporary understanding of scrapie? In 1962, it was known that scrapie could be artificially transmitted by ...

Figure 1: FACS analysis of spleen cells from BM-grafted uninfected mice, stained with PrP-specific antibody (open histograms) or unstained (shaded histograms). Figure 2: Confocal analysis of double ...

More consumers are developing a taste for goat cheese, milk, and meat as they become aware of the high protein and great taste of these products. While U.S. goat producers are enjoying this steady ...

LAKEWOOD — The Colorado Department of Agriculture reminds Colorado producers to tag and identify their sheep and goats for scrapie prior to a change of ownership or going to a livestock show. “Lambing ...

Five goats from an Ottawa County farm have been diagnosed with a fatal brain disease similar to mad cow in cattle and chronic wasting disease in deer, but state agriculture officials said it is not ...

Sheep infected with scrapie and cows infected with BSE have elevated levels of manganese in their blood before clinical symptoms appear, according to new research. Sheep infected with scrapie and cows ...

Scientists from the French National Institute of Agronomic Research (or INRA) have shown for the first time that pathogens, called prions, responsible for scrapie in small ruminants like sheep, have ...

The deadly brain condition known as "mad cow disease" could potentially be transmitted to humans by sheep carrying scrapie, new research suggests. Scientists have concluded that scrapie - the sheep ...

The pathogens responsible for scrapie in small ruminants (prions) have the potential to convert the human prion protein from a healthy state to a pathological state, researchers have discovered for ...

THE drive to rid British sheep of scrapie has gained momentum after an independent government review controversially identified it as the probable cause of mad-cow disease. The review was published ...

COMMERCIAL lamb producers may soon struggle to sell their lambs unless they are sired by scrapie-free rams, believes Staffs sheep breeder John Holme. Mr Holme has been using only the best scrapie-free ...