NR AYDD
AU MacKay,J.M.K.; Smith,W.; Stamp,J.T.
TI Experimental scrapie: Some recent work
QU The Veterinary Record 1960; 72(46): 1002-6
AB
Recent experiments using sheep-passaged and goat-passaged sources of scrapie are described.
Using Cheviot sheep as test animals the effect of boiling the inoculum has been further investigated. This material has been shown to be active when administered subcutaneously. Dilution and serial transmission experiments are described. No cases of scrapie occurred in animals injected with autoclaved material.
An attempt to demonstrate activity in brains of normal sheep is described.
The addition of adjuvants to scrapie sheep spleen and nodes prior to injection did not appear to influence the process.
The above findings are discussed.
SP englisch
PO England