Award details

Development of a pre-clinical test to differentiate between scrapie and BSE infection in sheep

ReferenceBBS/E/I/00000688
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Nora Hunter
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution The Pirbright Institute
DepartmentThe Pirbright Institute Department
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 61,070
StatusCompleted
TypeInstitute Project
Start date 01/04/1999
End date 31/03/2004
Duration60 months

Abstract

Sheep will be challenged orally with scrapie or with BSE. In a sequential time point study, lymphoid tissues will be collected and examined by immunocytochemistry and by Western blotting for PrPsc accumulation. The aim is to identify a tissue which would be suitable for biopsy for a pre-clinical diagnosis of BSE in sheep based on the detection of PrPsc.

Summary

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Committee Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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