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Sheep in this flock being observed by ARS veterinary medical officer Don Knowles are in the early stages of scrapie infection. A new monoclonal antibody test can detect telltale prions in lymphoid tissue taken from a sheep’s third eyelid.
Photo by Jack Dykinga.
