Posts Tagged: passage
Procedures for Identifying Infectious Prions After Passage Through the Digestive System of an Avian Species
June 30, 2019
Infectious prion (PrPRes) material is likely the cause of fatal, neurodegenerative transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) diseases. Transmission of TSE diseases, such as chronic wasting disease (CWD), is presumed to be from animal to animal as well as from environmental sources. … read more
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CWD Prions Remain Infectious after Passage Through the Digestive System of Coyotes (Canis latrans)
June 30, 2019
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a geographically expanding prion disease of wild and captive cervids in North America. Disease can be transmitted directly, animal to animal, or indirectly via the environment. CWD contamination can occur residually in the environment via … read more
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