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Also known as: '''''BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy''''', '''''TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy'''''', '''''Mad Cow Disease''''', '''''Prion — proteinaceous infectious particle''''', '''''Scrapie — a transmissble prion affecting sheep that causes non-febrile neurological disease''''' | Also known as: '''''BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy''''', '''''TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy'''''', '''''Mad Cow Disease''''', '''''Prion — proteinaceous infectious particle''''', '''''Scrapie — a transmissble prion affecting sheep that causes non-febrile neurological disease''''' | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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==Signalment== | ==Signalment== | ||
==Clinical Signs== | ==Clinical Signs== | ||
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==Control== | ==Control== | ||
==Refereneces== | ==Refereneces== | ||
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[[Category:Transmissible_Spongiform_Encephalopathies]] | [[Category:Transmissible_Spongiform_Encephalopathies]] | ||
[[Category:To_Do_-_Jaimie Meagor]] | [[Category:To_Do_-_Jaimie Meagor]] | ||
Revision as of 14:36, 6 June 2011
Also known as: BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy', Mad Cow Disease, Prion — proteinaceous infectious particle, Scrapie — a transmissble prion affecting sheep that causes non-febrile neurological disease
Introduction
Signalment
Clinical Signs
Clinical signs include progressive ataxia and pruritus.
Diagnosis
In most instances the abnormal prion is resistant to protein kinase digestion, a feature used in diagnostic techniques. Histology (immunohistochemistry) usually shows vacuolation and an accumulation of prion proteins in various parts of the CNS (especially the brain and spinal cord).