Studies on maternal transmission of scrapie in sheep by embryo transfer.

Foster, J. D., McKelvey, W. A., Mylne, M. J., Williams, A., Hunter, N., Hope, J. and Fraser, H. (1992) Studies on maternal transmission of scrapie in sheep by embryo transfer. The Veterinary Record, 130 (16). pp. 341-343. ISSN 0042-4900

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Abstract

The technique of embryo transfer was used to investigate the maternal transmission of scrapie in sheep. Embryo donor ewes were experimentally infected with scrapie (all eventually developing the disease) and artificially inseminated six months later with semen from an uninfected scrapie-susceptible ram. Embryos were harvested five and six days after insemination and transferred by laparoscopy, unwashed, into recipient ewes which had been genetically selected for very low susceptibility to scrapie. Six of the 26 lambs born to these recipients developed scrapie.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	veterinary(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3400
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2025 16:30
Last Modified:	14 Dec 2025 07:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101333
DOI:	10.1136/vr.130.16.341

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