Table 3. Solid MBM Residue remains infectious after alkaline methanolysis.

Inoculum	spiked with Infected Brain (Sacrificed Animals/Total animals)	Day Sacrificed
Biodiesel phase	4/14 **	>200
Glycerol phase	5/14 **	>200
Solid MBM Residue+5% brain	14/14 ***	166+/−13 *
MBM+5% brain	8/8 ***	72+/−8 *
Brain Homogenate 1%	6/6 ***	75

^*mean+/−standard error

^**unsacrificed animals survived longer than 200 days, until study was terminated, without clinical scrapie symptoms

^***sacrificed animals exhibited clinical scrapie symptoms