Evidence in sheep for pre-natal transmission of scrapie to lambs from infected mothers.
Natural scrapie transmission from infected ewes to their lambs is thought to occur by the oral route around the time of birth. However the hypothesis that scrapie transmission can also occur before birth (in utero) is not currently favoured by most researchers. As scrapie is an opportunistic infecti...
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Main Authors: | James D Foster, Wilfred Goldmann, Nora Hunter |
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Language: | EN |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/94c44fb501f647a78a01dc6bb9a4c090 |
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