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Table 1 Summary of findings in white-tailed deer inoculated with the scrapie agent from sheep.

From: White-tailed deer are susceptible to the agent of sheep scrapie by intracerebral inoculation

Animal ID

Survival period*

Clinical signs

Spongiform change

WB

IHC obex

IHC cerebellum

IHC cerebrum

IHC retina

IHC lymphoid

1

6.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

2

15.4

-

-

+

+

-

+

+

+

3

20.4

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

4

21.6

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

22.5

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

6

NA

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. *post-inoculation time in months; WB = PrPSc Western blot; IHC = immunohistochemistry for PrPSc; NA = not applicable.