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Table 1 Experimental design

From: Susceptibility to scrapie and disease phenotype in sheep: cross-PRNP genotype experimental transmissions with natural sources

Recipient AAS inoculum VVC inoculum
codon 136 po sc po sc Total
Suffolk AA* 3sh   5 ht 5ht 13
Suffolk AA 3hm   5 ht 5ht 13
Cheviot AA 5 hm 5 hm 3 ht   13
Cheviot VA 5 sh 5 sh 3 sh   13
Cheviot VV 5 ht 5 ht 3 hm   13
Total 21 15 19 10 65
  1. po, “per os” (oral route); sc, subcutaneous route. *codon 171 genotype of those recipients was RQ; all others were QQ. With regard to Prnp codon 136, transmissions are: hm, homologous; sh, semi-homologous; ht, heterologous.
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Veterinary Research

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