title: Bovine spastic paresis: etiological hypotheses.
abstract: Bovine spastic paresis (BSP) is a rare and little-known disease of cattle. The etiology remains unknown. A pathogenesis close to the sub-acute transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) has repeatedly been advanced. In order to confirm an infectious origin, intra- and inter-species transmission studies are proposed. A positive result would bring a major advance in knowledge.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ledoux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D008094:Lithium / Q000378:metabolism; D020336:Paraparesis, Spastic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements; D008094:Lithium