• Chronic wasting disease associated with prion protein gene (PRNP) variation in Norwegian wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) 

      Guere Calderon, Mariella Evelyn; Våge, Jørn; Tharaldsen, Helene; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Vikøren, Turid; Madslien, Knut Ivar Engesæter; Hopp, Petter; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Røed, Knut; Tranulis, Michael A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The emergence of CWD in Europe in 2016 and the first natural infection in wild reindeer warranted disease management. This led to the testing of 2424 hunted or culled reindeer during 2016–2018, from the infected subpopulation ...
    • Development and characterization of two cell lines from gills of Atlantic salmon 

      Gjessing, Mona Cecilie; Aamelfot, Maria; Batts, William; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Dale, Ole Bendik; Thoen, Even; Weli, Simon Chioma; Winton, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • Goats naturally devoid of PrPC are resistant to scrapie 

      Salvesen, Øyvind; Espenes, Arild; Reiten, Malin Rokseth; Vuong, Tram Thu; Malachin, Giulia; Tran, Linh Dinh Thoai; Andréoletti, Olivier; Olsaker, Ingrid; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Tranulis, Michael A.; Ersdal, Cecilie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Prion diseases are progressive and fatal, neurodegenerative disorders described in humans and animals. According to the “protein-only” hypothesis, the normal host-encoded prion protein (PrPC) is converted into a pathological ...
    • Goats naturally devoid of PrPC are resistant to scrapie 

      Salvesen, Øyvind; Espenes, Arild; Reiten, Malin Rokseth; Vuong, Tram Thu; Malachin, Giulia; Tran, Linh Dinh Thoai; Andréoletti, Olivier; Olsaker, Ingrid; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Tranulis, Michael A.; Ersdal, Cecilie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Prion diseases are progressive and fatal, neurodegenerative disorders described in humans and animals. According to the "protein-only" hypothesis, the normal host-encoded prion protein (PrPC) is converted into a pathological ...
    • Neil3 induced neurogenesis protects against prion disease during the clinical phase 

      Tranulis, Michael A.; Moldal, Torfinn; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Bjørås, Magnar; Jalland, Clara Maria Osnes; Gunnes, Gjermund; Ersdal, Cecilie; Suganthan, Rajikala; Scheffler, Katja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    • Novel type of chronic wasting disease detected in moose (Alces alces), Norway 

      Pirisinu, Laura; Tran, Linh Dinh Thoai; Chiappini, Barbara; Vanni, Ilaria; Di Bari, Michele A.; Vaccari, Gabriele; Vikøren, Turid; Madslien, Knut; Våge, Jørn; Spraker, Terry; Mitchell, Gordon; Balachandran, Aru; Baron, Thierry; Casalone, Cristina; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Røed, Knut; Agrimi, Umberto; Nonno, Romolo; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    • Scientific opinion on chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids 

      Ricci, A; Allende, A; Bolton, D.; Chemaly, M; Davies, R; Fernandez Escamez, PS; Girones, R; Herman, L; Koutsoumanis, Kostas; Lindqvist, R; Nørrung, Birgit; Robertson, Lucy; Sanaa, Moez; Skandamis, Panagiotis; Snary, Emma; Speybroeck, Niko; Ter Kuile, Benno; Threlfall, john; Wahlström, Helene; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Gavier-Widén, Dolores; Miller, MW; Ru, Giuseppe; Telling, GC; Tryland, Morten; Ortiz Pelaez, A; Simmons, Marion M (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • The demographic pattern of infection with chronic wasting disease in reindeer at an early epidemic stage 

      Mysterud, Atle; Madslien, Knut Ivar Engesæter; Viljugrein, Hildegunn; Vikøren, Turid; Andersen, Roy; Guere Calderon, Mariella Evelyn; Benestad, Sylvie Lafond; Hopp, Petter; Strand, Olav; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Røed, Knut; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Våge, Jørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Infection patterns linked to age and sex are crucial to predict the population dynamic effects of diseases in long-lived species. How such demographic patterns of infection arise is often multifactorial, although the cause ...