Eye test for neurological diseases in livestock developed
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 15:32
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered that the eyes of sheep infected with scrapie return an intense, almost-white glow when they're hit with blue light. That finding suggests technologies can be developed to quickly and non-invasively test for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, progressive and fatal neurological diseases such as mad cow disease.