Bovine TSE transmission to C57Bl/6 mice. Survival periods of the animals and results of PrPres detection and molecular analysis by Western blot.

1: number of positive mice by Western blot and/or immunohistochemistry/number of mice examined.2: (C) or (H) indicates that the mice were inoculated with a mouse brain with C-type or H-type features at second passage.3: number of mice with the indicated PrPres phenotype identified by Western blot.4: inoculation of a 10% brain homogenate instead of 1% homogenates in all the other second and third passage experiments.ND: not done.