Box of 22 histological slides showing sections of mouse brain from mice infected with scrapie
- Made:
- 1998
Box of 22 histological slides showing sections of mouse brain from mice infected with scrapie (a sheep spongiform encephalopathy), prepared in 1998 according to the lesion profiling system derived at the Institute for Animal Health, which provided a method of characterising SE's. This methodology allowed work on BSE and nvCJD to begin immediately at the beginning of the beef crisis.
Details
- Category:
- Veterinary Medicine
- Object Number:
- 1999-773
- Materials:
- glass, plastic and paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
box: 29 mm x 80 mm x 130 mm,
box - open: 29 mm x 160 mm x 130 mm,
- type:
- histological slides
- credit:
- Institute for Animal Health