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Chronic Wasting Disease Information

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Diagnosis

Monleon, E., M. Mozón, P. Hortells, A. Vargas, and J.J. Badiola. 2003. Detection of PrPsc in Samples Presenting a Very Advanced Degree of Autolysis (BSE Liquid State) by Immunocytochemistry. J. of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry 51(1): 15-18.

O’Rourke, K.I., D. Zhuang, A. Lyda, G. Gomez, E.S. Williams, W. Tuo, and M.W. Miller. 2003. Abundant PrPCWD in tonsil from mule deer with preclinical chronic wasting disease. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 15:320-323.

Miller, M.W.;Williams, E.S. 2002. Detection of PrP CWD in mule deer by immunohistochemistry of lymphoid tissues. The Veterinary Record 151:610-612

Hibler, C.; Wilson, K.; Spraker, T.; Miller, M.; Zink, R.; DeBuse, L.; Andersen, E.; Schweitzer, D.; Kennedy, J.; Baeten, L.; Smeltzer, J.; Salman, M.; Powers, B. 2003. Field validation and assessment of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting chronic wasting disease in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). Jounal Vet. Diagn. Invest. 15:311-319.

Guiroy, D.C., E.S. Williams, R. Yanagihara and D. Carleton Gajdusek. 1991. Immunolocalization of scrapie amyloid (PrP27-30) in chronic wasting disease of Rocky Mountain elk and hybrids of captive mule deer and white-tailed deer. Neuroscience Letters 126(2): 195-198.

Peters, J., J.M. Miller, A.L. Jenny, T.L. Peterson and K.P. Carmichael. 2000. Immunohistochemical diagnosis of chronic wasting disease in preclinically affected elk from a captive herd. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 12(6): 579-582.

Schmerr, M.J., A.L. Jenny, M.S. Bulgin, J.M. Miller, A.N. Hamir, R.C. Cutlips and K.R. Goodwin. 1999. Use of capillary electrophoresis and fluorescent labeled peptides to detect the abnormal prion protein in the blood of animals that are infected with a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Journal of Chromatography A 853(1-2): 207-214.

Shaked, G.M., Y. Shaked, Z. Kariv-Inbal, M. Halimi, I. Avraham and R. Gabizon. 2001. A protease-resistant prion protein isoform is present in urine of animals and humans affected with prion disease. J. of Biological Chemistry 276(34): 31479-31482.

Wild, M.A., T.R. Spraker, C.J. Sigurdson, K.I. O'Rourke and M.W. Miller. 2002. Preclinical diagnosis of chronic wasting disease in captive mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and white-tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) using tonsillar biopsy. J. of General Virology 83: 2629-2634

 

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Last Modified: January 12, 2009