About the Authors

Jürgen A. Richt

jricht@vet.k-state.edu

Current address: Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, DM/P, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

S. Mark Hall

Affiliation National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Pathobiology Laboratory, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

Patent pending: Dr. Jürgen A. Richt submitted a patent application entitled “Novel Polymorphism in Bovine Prion Protein Gene Sequence” (Docket Number 0078.06; Serial No. 11/787,784) on April 18, 2006.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAR SMH. Performed the experiments: JAR SMH. Analyzed the data: JAR SMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAR. Wrote the paper: JAR SMH.