Abstract
The agent of scrapie (Compton strain) can be transmitted from mice to hamsters; the incubation period of the disease is 5–6 months. Passage of the agent of scrapie through suspensions of brain tissue was repeated 10 times. The scrapie agent was found in the spinal cord and spleen but it could not be found in the liver, kidneys, adrenals, and lungs of the infected animals in the last stage of the disease.
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Gardash'yan, A.M. Adaptation of the agent of scrapie to hamsters. Bull Exp Biol Med 81, 213–215 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00801074
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00801074