Surveillance for prion disease in cervids, Germany.
An active survey on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies was performed from 2002 to 2005 on 4,255 roe deer, 1,445 red deer, and 1,604 fallow deer in Germany. All cervids tested negative. This survey has been the largest in European wildlife and provides no evidence of prion diseases in free-living German cervids.
Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany. elvira_schettler@freenet.de
Elvira
E
Schettler
Falko
F
Steinbach
Iris
I
Eschenbacher-Kaps
Kirsten
K
Gerst
Franz
F
Muessdoerffer
Kirsten
K
Risch
Wolf Jürgen
WJ
Streich
Kai
K
Frölich
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D003670:Deer; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011328:Prions / Q000032:analysis
D011328:Prions