Evidence of effective scrapie transmission via colostrum and milk in sheep

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 4 Details of ARQ/ARX ewes that provided milk for PMCA

Milk donor	Infection status	Lactation day	Result (positive out of 4 tests)
06-1625	BSE	50	0 (L)
			0 (R)
127/11	Scrapie	2	0 (L)
			0 (R)
134/11	Scrapie	Unknown	4 (L)
		(colostrum-like)	4 (R)
K193	Scrapie-free	19	0
L90	Scrapie-free	23	0
M365	Scrapie-free	26	1
M395	Scrapie-free	21	0
M405	Scrapie-free	26	0
M447	Scrapie-free	24	1
M448	Scrapie-free	24	0
M533	Scrapie-free	23	0
N548	Scrapie-free	22	0
P181	Scrapie-free	23	0
P454	Scrapie-free	25	0

Positive samples are in bold font.
All scrapie-free sheep and the BSE-affected sheep were Suffolk, both scrapie field cases were 24 month-old Mule crossbreeds. L and R refer to the left and right side of the udder where milk was collected from.

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