Essays about: "scrapie"

Found 4 essays containing the word scrapie.

  1. 1. Prionsjukdomar med fokus på likheter och skillnader mellan scrapie och nor98

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Leo Krantz; [2019]
    Keywords : scrapie; nor98; prionsjukdomar; nervcell; encefalopati;

    Abstract : Prionsjukdomar är en grupp neurodegenerativa sjukdomar som drabbar både djur och människor. Hos djur finns sjukdomar som bovin spongiform encefalopati (BSE), chronic wasting disease, scrapie och nor98. Sjukdomarna orsakar stor skada, bl.a. READ MORE

  3. 2. Chronic wasting disease och risker för Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Elinor Sjöholm; [2019]
    Keywords : chronic wasting disease; CWD; prion; smittspridning; älg; hjortdjur;

    Abstract : Chronic wasting disease (CWD) är en prionsjukdom som framförallt drabbar hjortdjur. Prionerär infektiösa protein som orsakar olika typer av transmissibla spongiforma encefalopatier. Andra prionsjukdomar är bovin spongiform encefalopati, Creutzfeldt-Jakobs sjukdom och scrapie. READ MORE

  4. 3. Wool loss in sheep

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden

    Author : Maria Fors; [2013]
    Keywords : wool loss; alopecia; telogen effluvium; wool slip; dermatitis;

    Abstract : The idea behind this project came from a feed study executed two years during the lambing season. Both years wool loss was experienced. Low temperature in combination with shearing was believed to cause the wool loss the first year, while protein deficiency was believed to be the cause the second year. READ MORE

  5. 4. Prion infection of ovine cell culture with a natural Swedish scrapie isolate from 1986

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Viktor Ahlberg; [2010]
    Keywords : scrapie; sheep; prion; cell culture; western blot; proteinase K; bovine leukemia virus;

    Abstract : Scrapie is an infectious neurologic disease in sheep caused by prions, corresponding to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in other species. The prion is presumably constituted of PrPSc, the misfolded form of the normal endogenous prion protein, PrPC, which is found in practically all cells in the body. READ MORE