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.
Schettler
Elvira
E
Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany. elvira_schettler@freenet.de
Steinbach
Falko
F
Eschenbacher-Kaps
Iris
I
Gerst
Kirsten
K
Muessdoerffer
Franz
F
Risch
Kirsten
K
Streich
Wolf Jürgen
WJ
Frölich
Kai
K
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