“…Surprisingly, BSE prions affect a wide range of host species. In nature, BSE is transmitted to cattle (Wells & Wilesmith, 1995), several zoo ruminants (Kirkwood & Cunningham, 1994) and wild and domestic cats (Wyatt et al, 1990(Wyatt et al, , 1991. Experimentally, BSE has been transmitted to mice (Fraser et al, 1992), sheep, goats , minks (Robinson et al, 1994), marmosets (Baker et al, 1998), macaques (Lasmézas et al, 1996) and lemurs (Bons et al, 1999).…”