Failure to detect scrapie virus in sheep at slaughter in a highly endemic region of France
✍ Scribed by F. Cathala; P. Brown; F. Gray; M. Sulima; J. Chatelain; C. J. Gibbs
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 392 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0393-2990
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✦ Synopsis
A study was carried out in a sheep slaughterhouse located in a region of France where scrapie has been endemic for several decades. Neuropathotogical examination of 63 randomly selected lambs and adult sheep revealed no scrapierelated abnormalities, and inoculation of mice with brain, tonsil, lateropha~ngeal ganglia, and intestine from the same animals did not transmit scrapie.
The failure to detect any evidence of scrap~e infection in commercia!tybred sheep, the absence of an increased mortality rate for human CJD in the surrounding consumer region, and the absence of a single case of CJD among slaughterhouse personnel, do not support the hypothesis that exposure to potentially scrapie-contaminated products is responsible ~or CJD in humans.