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Welcome to the public TSEs in goats website |
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Animal TSEs workshop Prion2012, 12April2012 status |
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Written by Jan Langeveld
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Thursday, 12 April 2012 22:11 |
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For the fifth time the annual prion congress will be preceded by a workshop focusing on natural TSEs in animals, thus to present and update the status of knowledge on field TSEs and policies around prevention and safety. The registration is still open, and also on-site one can still register, go to www.prion2012.com. There one also will find the program of the workshop, as well of course the final congress program. The number of attendants is higher than ever before, indicating that this concept is fullfilling an important need for information and contacts. We as GoatBSE moderators of this event are very pleased. This year again Colorado State University in Fort Collins is assisting in the organisation and Dr. Mark Zabel is again the contact person (
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). Furthermore, Dr. Gabriele Vaccari from the ISS in Rome also has entered the organising committee. |
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Resistance gene confirmed for goats in scrapie challenge |
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Written by Jan Langeveld
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Friday, 30 March 2012 14:38 |
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Our Italian colleagues in the GoatBSE project have further evidence for the scrapie resistance contribution of the 222K allele of prion protein PrP. They inoculated goats intracerebrally with brain tissue of a locally sourced wild type scrapie infected goat. Five wildtypes and five heterozygous Q222K PrP carriers were challenged. The five wildtype animals died after 24 months, while the other four were alive and apparently healthy up to the end of the study at 4.5 years post-challenge. Find the details in the article in Veterinary Research 2012, 42:8. (http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/pdf/1297-9716-43-8.pdf).
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Prion 2012 congress with final program. |
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Written by Jan Langeveld
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Friday, 30 March 2012 14:58 |
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The Prion 2012 congress has reached a final program. Both for the main congress as well as for the Animal TSEs workshop, that now is being held for the 5th time as a kind of satellite program preceding the large international prion congress Prion 2012, held annually in the Prion #### series. Prion 2012 will be held in Amsterdam from May 9 - 12. For registration and more information you can find the link under the green logo on our home page. |
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Eradicating BSE in goats: International Innovation news |
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Written by Jan Langeveld
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Monday, 20 February 2012 22:42 |
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The consortium has been interviewed by International Innovation, a monthly journal for decision makers, industry, stakeholders including farming sector. One highlight: "The developments made by GoatBSE will also facilitate the control of TSEs in goats. Scrapie and related infections of single animals currently necessitate the culling of entire herds, the results of which are extremely wasteful, evoke strong public outcry and severely damage the financial prospects of farmers. By reining in the impact of TSEs on goat populations through breeding programmes used to raise prion resistant animals, mass culls can be avoided. Thanks to GoatBSE, both consumers and producers will eventually benefit from healthier herds." |
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