Surveillance for prion disease in cervids, Germany

Elvira Schettler, Falko Steinbach, Iris Eschenbacher-Kaps, Kirsten Gerst, Franz Meussdoerffer, Kirsten Risch, Wolf Jürgen Streich, Kai Frölich

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Abstract

An active survey on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies was performed from 2002 to 2005 on 4,255 roe deer, 1,445 red deer, and 1,604 fallow deer in Germany. All cervids tested negative. This survey has been the largest in European wildlife and provides no evidence of prion diseases in free-living German cervids.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)319-322
Number of pages4
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2006
Externally publishedYes

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