Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
Other Names: Mink Spongiform Encephalopathy, Mink Scrapie
Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease, caused by a prion, that affects ranched mink.
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Spickler, Anna Rovid. "Title of Factsheet." "Date of Factsheet (Last Updated)." At cfsph.iastate.edu/diseaseinfo/factsheets/