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| Title |
Healthy goats naturally devoid of prion protein
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Veterinary Research, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1297-9716-43-87 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sylvie L Benestad, Lars Austbø, Michael A Tranulis, Arild Espenes, Ingrid Olsaker |
| Abstract |
Prion diseases such as scrapie in small ruminants, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in man, are fatal neurodegenerative disorders. These diseases result from the accumulation of misfolded conformers of the host-encoded prion protein (PrP) in the central nervous system. To date naturally-occurring PrP free animals have not been reported. Here we describe healthy non-transgenic animals, Norwegian Dairy Goats, lacking prion protein due to a nonsense mutation early in the gene. These animals are predicted to be resistant to prion disease and will be valuable for research and for production of prion-free products. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 60 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 23% |
| Researcher | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 17% |
| Unknown | 11 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 22% |
| Neuroscience | 8 | 13% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 15 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 April 2024.
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#96
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#26,823
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#1
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