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Table 2 Comparison of the mean molecular masses (kDa) between the control samples and the two scrapie-inoculated groups

From: Different prion disease phenotypes result from inoculation of cattle with two temporally separated sources of sheep scrapie from Great Britain

Group

No. of samples (of n animals)

Unglycosylated Mean (SEM)

Monoglycosylated Mean (SEM)

Diglycosylated Mean (SEM)

BSE control

4 (n = 2)

18.6 (.12)

22.1 (.14)

26.3 (.16)

Scrapie control

4 (n = 2)

18.8 (.12)

22.2 (.14)

26.4 (.16)

Pre-1975 1

14 (n = 7)

18.4 (.05)

21.8 (.05)

25.8 (.06)

Post-1990 2

10 (n = 5)

20.3 (.06)

23.7 (.06)

27.1 (.08)

  1. 1 Not included are two animals with insufficient brain material for a comparative analysis.
  2. 2 Not included are the two animals that had a profile similar to the pre-1975 group.