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Resistance to classical scrapie in experimentally challenged goats carrying mutation K222 of the prion protein genePier Luigi Acutis
CEA, Italian Reference Laboratory for TSEs, Neuroscienze Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
Vet Res 43:8. 2012....- Evaluation of two sets of immunohistochemical and Western blot confirmatory methods in the detection of typical and atypical BSE casesChiara Porcario
CEA, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154, Turin, Italy
BMC Res Notes 4:376. 2011..abstract:.. - Genetic variability of the PRNP gene in goat breeds from Northern and Southern ItalyP L Acutis
CEA, Istituto Zooprofilattico del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Turin, Italy
J Appl Microbiol 104:1782-9. 2008..To determine the variability of the prion protein gene (PRNP) in goats from Northern and Southern Italy... - Comparative analysis of the prion protein (PrP) gene in cetacean speciesPier Luigi Acutis
CEA National Reference Centre for TSEs, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy
Gene 392:230-8. 2007..From an analysis of the sequences and the phylogenesis of the PrP gene, susceptibility to or occurrence of prion diseases in cetaceans can not be excluded... - A case of scrapie in a sheep carrying the lysine-171 allele of the prion protein geneP L Acutis
CEA Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Torino, Italy
Arch Virol 151:1875-80. 2006..This result shows that the ARK allele does not confer full resistance against scrapie and that the allele needs to be studied further before it can be considered for breeding purposes... - Identification of prion protein gene polymorphisms in goats from Italian scrapie outbreaksP L Acutis
CEA Centro di referenza per le Encefalopatie Animali, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy
J Gen Virol 87:1029-33. 2006..Twelve alleles were determined by cloning. Statistical analysis suggested a possible protective role against scrapie for the glutamine to lysine mutation at codon 222... - Low frequency of the scrapie resistance-associated allele and presence of lysine-171 allele of the prion protein gene in Italian Biellese ovine breedP L Acutis
CEA Centro di referenza per le Encefalopatie Animali, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy
J Gen Virol 85:3165-72. 2004..Further investigation is required to understand whether the ARK allele is also associated with resistance to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies... - Co-existence of classical scrapie and Nor98 in a sheep from an Italian outbreakM Mazza
CEA, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Torino, Italy
Res Vet Sci 88:478-85. 2010.... - Evidence for the transmission of scrapie to sheep and goats from a vaccine against Mycoplasma agalactiaeM Caramelli
Centro per le Encefalopatie Animali, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Torino, Italy
Vet Rec 148:531-6. 2001..The patterns of both incidence and brain lesions provide evidence that the epidemic of scrapie was due to the use of the vaccine... - Molecular typing of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy from Italian disease outbreaks in small ruminantsP L Acutis
CEA - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna, 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
Vet Rec 159:746-7. 2006 - Evaluation of rapid tests for the diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in sheep and goatsE Bozzetta
CEA Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
Acta Neuropathol 107:559-62. 2004..Our results show that the tests can be considered reliable tools for active surveillance in the small ruminants population... - BSE surveillance in Italy: neuropathological findings in cattle in the frame of the passive surveillance programmeE Bozzetta
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta - Centro di Referenza per le, Encefalopatie Animali e le Neuropatologie Comparate, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med 50:48-9. 2003 - Pathological prion protein in the tongues of sheep infected with naturally occurring scrapieCristina Casalone
CEA-IZS Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 Turin 10154, Italy
J Virol 79:5847-9. 2005..We report on the detection of PrPsc in the tongues of seven scrapie-infected sheep by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting...