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- Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) is a rare, progressive, and fatal neurologic disease of mink caused by prion infection. It has been associated with 60%–90% mortality on a given farm. It is thought to be transmitted orally. The incubation period is 6–12 months.
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Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) is a rare sporadic disease that affects the central nervous system of ranch-raised adult mink. It is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, caused by proteins called prions.
Nov 7, 2001 · Transmissible mink encephalopathy causes neurological signs including behavioral changes. The early clinical signs can be subtle, and may include difficulty eating and swallowing, and changes in normal grooming behavior. Affected mink often soil the nest or scatter feces in the cage.
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Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) is a rare, progressive, and fatal neurologic disease of mink caused by prion infection. It has been associated with 60%–90% mortality on a given farm. It is thought to be transmitted orally.
Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy (TME) TME is a rare disease of farmed mink caused by exposure to a scrapie-like agent in feed. The disease was first identified in Wisconsin in 1947 and has also been recorded in Canada, Finland, Germany, and Russia.
Transmissible mink encephalopathy was first recognized on mink ranches in Wisconsin in 1947. Clinical signs included hyper-irritability, ataxia, compulsive biting, somnolence, coma, and death. Histologic lesions in the brains of affected mink were similar to those in scrapie in sheep.
Transmissible mink encephalopathy was first recognized on mink ranches in Wisconsin in 1947. Clinical signs included hyper-irritability, ataxia, compulsive biting, somnolence, coma, and death. Histologic lesions in the brains of affected mink were similar to those in scrapie in sheep.
Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, sheep and goat scrapie, chronic wasting disease (CWD) of cervids, and transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) of mink are classified as TSEs.
