NR ANMN
AU Heim,D.; Maurer,E.; Doherr,M.G.
TI [Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in sheep and goats]
OT Transmissible spongiforme Enzephalopathien bei Schafen und Ziegen
QU Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 2002 Dec; 144(12): 675-83
IA www.bvet.admin.ch/tiergesundheit/00199/00203/index.html?lang=de&download=00493_de.pdf
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB Scrapie has been known to occur in sheep and goats for over 250 years. Sheep and goats can be experimentally infected orally with BSE, however BSE infection can only be distinguished from scrapie using costly and extensive laboratory procedures. An overview of both the current state of knowledge on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) in small ruminants as well as the TSE monitoring and control strategies in place in Switzerland is presented.
ZR 54
MH Animal; English Abstract; Goat Diseases/diagnosis/*epidemiology/genetics; Goats; Prion Diseases/diagnosis/epidemiology/genetics/*veterinary; Scrapie/diagnosis/epidemiology/genetics; Sheep; Sheep Diseases/diagnosis/*epidemiology/genetics; Switzerland/epidemiology
AD Bundesamt für Veterinärwesen, Bern-Liebefeld. dagmar.heim@bvet.admin.ch
SP deutsch
PO Schweiz