Exotic ungulate encephalopathy

Prion disease

Exotic ungulate encephalopathy is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), or prion disease, identified in infected organs of zoo animals. This subgroup of the TSEs in captive animals was identified in zoo animals in Great Britain including species of greater kudu, nyala, gemsbok, the common eland, Arabian and scimitar oryx, an Ankole-Watusi cow, and an American bison.[1] Studies indicate that transmission likely occurred via the consumption of feed supplemented with meat and bone meal, although some animals died after the British ban on ground offal in animal feed.[2][3] All animals died during the 1990s, with the last death occurring in 1998.[3]

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1. ^ Contreras, Marcela; Barbara, John A. J.; Fiona A. M. Regan (2008). Transfusion microbiology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 141\. ISBN 978-0-521-45393-6.
2. ^ Strauss, Ellen G.; Strauss, James H. (2008). Viruses and Human Disease. Boston, MA: Elsevier / Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-373741-0.
3. ^ a b Baird-Parker, A. C.; Gould, G. W.; Lund, Barbara M. (2000). The Microbiological Safety and Quality of Food. Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers. pp. 1590–1598\. ISBN 0-8342-1323-0.1590-1598&rft.pub=Aspen+Publishers&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-8342-1323-0&rft.au=Baird-Parker,+A.+C.&rft.au=Gould,+G.+W.&rft.au=Lund,+Barbara+M.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Exotic+ungulate+encephalopathy" class="Z3988">

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Prion diseases and transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

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* fCJD
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* Fatal familial insomnia
* PrP systemic amyloidosis
* Huntington's disease-like 1
* Familial Alzheimer-like prion disease

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* sCJD
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* iCJD
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Prion diseases
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* Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
* Camel spongiform encephalopathy
* Scrapie
* Chronic wasting disease
* Transmissible mink encephalopathy
* Feline spongiform encephalopathy
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