animal spongiform encephalopathy

Introduction

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies that occur in animals (non-human).

Classification

These diseases include:

• scrapie (sheep & goats)
• transmissible mink encephalopathy
• wasting disease of deer & elk
• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of captive wild ruminants*
• feline spongiform encephalopathy#

* Wild ruminants affected include nyala, gemsbok, Arabian orynx, eland, kudu, scimitar-horned orynx, ankole & bison

# felines affected include domestic cat, puma, cheetah, ocelot & tiger

Etiology

prion-associated

More general terms

• animal disease
• transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease)

More specific terms

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy; mad cow disease; BSE
• scrapie

Additional terms

• CD230 or major prion protein (PrP)