Animal And Plant Health Agency Tender Result

C23746 - Classical Scrapie in Iceland a model for prion diseases worldwide (UoN)-The objectives of the project are to: •determine the extent of Prion protein gene (PRNP) variability in Icelandic sheep and predict the effect of specific polymorphisms (PM) on susceptibility/resistance to CS and analyse the prion biodiversity and zoonotic potential of Icelandic CS strains over time •analyse how and where scrapie infectivity remains within the environment and how effective decontamination is in the field •conduct epidemiological analysis of outbreaks to identify risk fa...