Papers
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy

Bellworthy SJ, Dexter G, Stack M, Chaplin M, Hawkins SAC, Simmons MM, Jeffrey M, Martin S, Gonzalez L, Hill P 2005
Natural transmission of BSE between sheep within an experimental flock.
Veterinary Record 157 (7) 206.

Boesenberg C, Schulz-Schaeffer WJ, Meissner B, Kallenberg K, Bartl M, Heinemann U, Krasnianski A, Stoeck K, Varges D, Windl O, Kretzschmar HA, Zerr I 2005
Clinical course in young patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Annals of Neurology 58 (4) 533-543.

Cartoni C, Schinina ME, Maras B, Nonno R, Vaccari G, Di Bari MA, Conte M, Liu QG, Lu M, Cardone F, Windl O, Pocchiari M, Agrimi U 2005
Identification of the pathological prion protein allotypes in scrapie-infected heterozygous bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Journal of Chromatography A 1081 (1) 122-126.

Del Rio Vilas VJ, Ryan J, Elliott HG, Tongue SC, Wilesmith JW 2005
Prevalence of scrapie in sheep: results from fallen stock surveys in Great Britain in 2002 and 2003.
Veterinary Record 157 (23) 744-745.

Eglin RD, Warner R, Gubbins S, Sivam SK, Dawson M 2005
Frequencies of PrP genotypes in 38 breeds of sheep sampled in the National Scrapie Plan for Great Britain.
Veterinary Record 156 (14) 433-437.

Elliott H, Gubbins S, Ryan J, Ryder S, Tongue S, Watkins G, Wilesmith J 2005
Prevalence of scrapie in sheep in Great Britain estimated from abattoir surveys during 2002 and 2003.
Veterinary Record 157 (14) 418-419.

Everest SJ, Thorne L, Barnicle D, Edwards JC, Elliott H, Jackman R, Hope J 2006
Atypical prion protein in sheep brain collected during British scrapiesurveillance programme.
Journal of General Virology 87 (2) 471- 477.

Gavier-Widen D, Stack MJ, Baron T, Balachandran A, Simmons M 2005
Diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in animals: a review.
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 17 (6) 509-527.

Gonzalez L, Jeffrey M, Siso S, Martin S, Bellworthy SJ, Stack MJ, Chaplin MJ, Davis L, Dagleish MP, Reid HW 2005
Diagnosis of preclinical scrapie in samples of rectal mucosa.
Veterinary Record 156 (26) 846-847.

Gonzalez L, Terry L, Jeffrey M 2005
Expression of prion protein in the gut of mice infected orally with the 301V murine strain of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent.
Journal of Comparative Pathology 132 (4) 273-282.

Gonzalez L, Dagleish MP, Bellworthy SJ, Siso S, Stack MJ, Chaplin MJ, Davis LA, Hawkins SAC, Hughes J, Jeffrey M 2006
Postmortem diagnosis of preclinical and clinical scrapie in sheep by the detection of disease-associated PrP in their rectal mucosa.
Veterinary Record 158 (10) 325-331.

Gubbins S, Roden JA 2006
Breeding programmes for TSE resistance in British sheep II: assessing the impact on the prevalence and incidence of scrapie.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine 73 (1) 17- 31.

Gubbins S, Clark AM, Eglin RD, Sivam K 2006
Results of a postal survey of scrapie in the Shetland Islands in 2003.
Veterinary Record 158 (8) 255-260.

Gubbins S, Webb CR 2005
Simulation of the options for a national control programme to eradicate scrapie from Great Britain.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine 69 (3-4) 175-187.

Hamir AN, Kunkle RA, Cutlip RC, Miller JM, O’Rourke KI, Williams ES, Miller MW, Stack MJ, Chaplin MJ, Richt JA 2005
Experimental transmission of chronic wasting disease agent from mule deer to cattle by the intracerebral route.
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 17 (3) 276-281.

Jeffrey M, Gonzalez L, Chong A, Foster J, Goldmann W, Hunter N, Martin S 2006
Ovine infection with the agents of scrapie (CH1641 isolate) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy: immunochemical similarities can be resolved by immunohistochemistry.
Journal of Comparative Pathology 134 (1) 17-29.

Kelly DF, Wells GAH, Haritani M, Higgins RJ, Jeffrey M 2005
Neuropathological findings in cats with clinically suspect but histologically unconfirmed feline spongiform encephalopathy.
Veterinary Record 156 (15) 472-477.

Konold T, Davies A, Bone GE, Simmons MM, Kahn J, Blake-Dyke MC, Bracegirdle J, Shimwell CJ 2006
Atypical scrapie cases in the UK.
Veterinary Record 158 (8) 280.

Parveen I, Moorby J, Allison G, Jackman R 2005
The use of non-prion biomarkers for the diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in the live animal.
Veterinary Research 36 (5) 665-683.

Roden JA, Nieuwhof GJ, Bishop SC, Jones DA, Haresigh W, Gubbins S 2006
Breeding programmes for TSE resistance in British sheep: assessing the impact on the prevalence and incidence of scrapie.
Preventative Veterinary Medicine 73(1) 1-16.

Roeber S, Krebs B, Neumann M, Windl O, Zerr I, Grasbon-Frodl EM, Kretzschmar HA 2005
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a patient with an R208H mutation of the prion protein gene (PRNP) and a 17-kDa prion protein fragment.
Acta Neuropathologica 109 (4) 443-448.

Stevenson MA, Morris RS, Lawson AB, Wilesmith JW, Ryan JBM, Jackson R 2005
Area-level risks for BSE in British cattle before and after the July 1988 meat and bone meal feed ban.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine 69 (1-2) 129-144.

Thackray AM, Ryder SJ, Bujdoso R 2005
Modification of blood cell PrP epitope exposure during prion disease.
Biochemical Journal doi:1042/BJ20050571.

Tongue SC, Pfeiffer DU, Warner R, Elliott H, Del Rio Vilas V 2006
Estimation of the relative risk of developing clinical scrapie: the role of prion protein (PrP) genotype and selection bias.
Veterinary Record 158 (2) 43-50.

Tongue SC, Webb P, Simmons MM, Gubbins S 2005
Prevalence of scrapie infection in cull animals from 14 scrapie-affected flocks in Great Britain.
Veterinary Record 157 (16) 480-482.

Vassallo N, Herms J, Behrens C, Krebs B, Saeki K, Onodera T, Windl O, Kretzschmar HA 2005
Activation of phosphatidylinositol in 3- kinase by cellular prion protein and its role in cell survival.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 332 (1) 75-82.

Vidal E, Marquez M, Ordonez M, Raeber AJ, Struckmeyer T, Oesch B, Siso S, Pumarola M 2005
Comparative study of the PrP BSE distribution in brains from BSE field cases using rapid tests.
Journal of Virological Methods 127 (1) 24-32.

Wessels M, Higgins RJ, Gresham ACJ, Tymms DP 2005
Unusual case of scrapie in a ewe.
Veterinary Record 157 (16) 492.

Windl O, Buchholz M, Neubauer A, Schulz-Schaeffer W, Groschup M, Walter S, Arendt S, Neumann M, Voss AK, Kretzschmar HA 2005
Breaking an absolute species barrier: transgenic mice expressing the mink PrP gene are susceptible to transmissible mink encephalopathy.
Journal of Virology 79 (23) 14971- 14975.

Xiang W, Windl O, Westner IM, Neumann M, Zerr I, Lederer RM, Kretzschmar HA 2005
Cerebral gene expression profiles in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Annals of Neurology 58(2) 242-57.

Yoxall V, Kentish P, Coldham N, Kuhnert N, Sauer MJ, Ioannides C 2005
Modulation of hepatic cytochromes P450 and phase II enzymes by dietary doses of sulforaphane in rats: implications for its chemopreventive activity.
International Journal of Cancer 117 (3) 356-362.

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