Scrapie infected brain storage. Sample bottles containing mouse brains infected with scrapie. The brains are being stored in formic acid prior to sectioning for microscopic examination. Scrapie,primarily an infection of sheep and goats,is due to a virus-like prion which harms nerve function. Sheep symptoms include glazed eyes and uncontrolled tremor. Prions also cause BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) in cattle,known as "mad cow" disease. BSE appeared in Britain around 1985. BSE cattle in turn have been linked to the fatal new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans. Photographed at the Institute for Animal Health Laboratories,Edinburgh,Scotland | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / King-Holmes, James |
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