Manganese, copper and copper enzymes in blood of Icelandic sheep: Relevance to scrapie

• Main Authors: Torkell Jóhannesson, Kristín Björg Gudmundsdóttir, Jed Barash, Jakob Kristinsson, Tryggvi Eiríksson, Sigurdur Sigurdarson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Vatnsdalur; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.508.488; http://www.landbunadur.is/landbunadur/wgsamvef.nsf/8bbba2777ac88c4000256a89000a2ddb/54055ec15974d519002570dd004d2a80/$FILE/Gr-bu18-THJ.pdf

The aim of this study was to investigate whether amounts of manganese or copper in blood, or the activity of copper enzymes (ceruloplasmin oxidative activity in serum and superoxide dismutase [SOD1] activity in erythrocytes) could be related to the sporadic occurrence of scrapie on sheep farms in Ic...