Highly sensitive detection of small ruminant bovine spongiform encephalopathy within transmissible spongiform encephalopathy mixes by serial protein misfolding cyclic amplification

It is assumed that sheep and goats consumed the same bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-contaminated meat and bone meal that was fed to cattle and precipitated the BSE epidemic in the United Kingdom that peaked more than 20 years ago. De- spite intensive surveillance for cases of BSE within the...

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Main Authors: Gough, Kevin C., Bishop, Keith, Maddison, Ben C.
Format: Article
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30241/