Extended application of the rapid post-mortem test kit for bovine spongiform encephalopathy to chronic wasting disease

• Published in: Microbiology and immunology Vol. 66; no. 5; p. 212
• Main Authors: Matsuura, Yuichi, Miyazawa, Kohtaro, Horiuchi, Motohiro, Suzuki, Akio, Yokoyama, Mayumi, Imamura, Morikazu, Ikeda, Keigo, Iwamaru, Yoshifumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Cattle; Deer; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform - diagnosis; Japan; Prions; Wasting Disease, Chronic - diagnosis; Wasting Disease, Chronic - epidemiology; Japan; rapid post-mortem test kit; PRNP; prion; Chronic wasting disease (CWD)

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease affecting cervid species primarily in the United States of America and Canada; however, it is now emerging in Scandinavian countries. Although CWD cases have not been reported in Japan, in case of a CWD outbreak occuring, it is critical to prepare for...