Chronic wasting disease in Europe: new strains on the horizon

MA Tranulis, D Gavier-Widén, J Våge… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2021 - Springer
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders with known natural occurrence in
humans and a few other mammalian species. The diseases are experimentally …

Animal prion diseases: the risks to human health

F Houston, O Andréoletti - Brain pathology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases of animals notably
include scrapie in small ruminants, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids and classical …

Evidence for zoonotic potential of ovine scrapie prions

H Cassard, JM Torres, C Lacroux, JY Douet… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Although Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is the cause of variant
Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans, the zoonotic potential of scrapie prions …

Atypical/Nor98 scrapie infectivity in sheep peripheral tissues

O Andreoletti, L Orge, SL Benestad, V Beringue… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Atypical/Nor98 scrapie was first identified in 1998 in Norway. It is now considered as a
worldwide disease of small ruminants and currently represents a significant part of the …

Heterogeneity of pathological prion protein accumulation in the brain of moose (Alces alces) from Norway, Sweden and Finland with chronic wasting disease

D Sola, L Tran, J Våge, K Madslien, TT Vuong… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Springer
Prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative, transmissible, and fatal disorders that
affect several animal species. They are characterized by the conformational conversion of …

Update on classical and atypical scrapie in sheep and goats

JJ Greenlee - Veterinary pathology, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Scrapie is a naturally occurring transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) or prion
disease of sheep and goats. Scrapie is a protein misfolding disease where the normal prion …

[HTML][HTML] State-of-the-art review of goat TSE in the European Union, with special emphasis on PRNP genetics and epidemiology

G Vaccari, CH Panagiotidis, C Acin, S Peletto… - Veterinary …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Scrapie is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of sheep and goats. It is also the earliest
known member in the family of diseases classified as transmissible spongiform …

Prion assemblies: structural heterogeneity, mechanisms of formation, and role in species barrier

A Igel, B Fornara, H Rezaei, V Béringue - Cell and Tissue Research, 2023 - Springer
Prions are proteinaceous pathogens responsible for a wide range of neurodegenerative
diseases in animal and human. Prions are formed from misfolded, ß-sheet rich, and …

Classical and atypical scrapie in sheep and goats. Review on the etiology, genetic factors, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and control measures of both diseases

C Acín, R Bolea, M Monzón, E Monleón, B Moreno… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Classical scrapie is a prionic, neurological, consumptive, and chronic
disease that affects naturally domestic small ruminants. It was initially described in the UK …

The challenges of research and development of small ruminant production in dry areas

L Iñiguez - Small Ruminant Research, 2011 - Elsevier
Small ruminants are key components of smallholder production systems in dry areas and
need technological change if farmers are to escape the vicious cycle of poverty. The …