Historically, organic amendments—organic wastes—have been the main source of plant
nutrients, especially N. Their use allows better management of often-finite resources to …

Prion diseases are transmissible neurodegenerative conditions affecting human and a wide
range of animal species. The pathogenesis of prion diseases is associated with the …

The past two decades have seen a considerable rise in the use of sheep to model human
neurological disorders. While each animal model has its merits, sheep have many …

Efficient horizontal transmission is a signature trait of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in
cervids. Infectious prions shed into excreta appear to play a key role in this facile …

Background Chronic wasting disease (CWD) of cervids is a prion disease distinguished by
high levels of transmissibility, wherein bodily fluids and excretions are thought to play an …

Scrapie is a naturally occurring transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) or prion
disease of sheep and goats. Scrapie is a protein misfolding disease where the normal prion …

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases are a fatal group of
infectious, inherited and spontaneous neurodegenerative diseases affecting human and …

Variant CJD (vCJD) is an incurable, infectious human disease, likely arising from the
consumption of BSE-contaminated meat products. Whilst the epidemic appears to be …

Prion diseases, also called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), lead to
neurological dysfunction in animals and are fatal. Infectious prion proteins are causative …

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that belongs
to transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Since the first case was identified in the …