TABLE 1.

Sources of the prion seeds used in the study experiments^a

Prion type	Species (n)	Prion disease status	Tissue	Inoculum	Inoculation	Sample ID
CWD	WTD (1)	+	Caudal brain sections	Colorado Department of Wildlife positive deer LA01	Oral	104
Exper. CWD	WTD (6)	+	Whole brain	CSU CWD-positive deer 700, 800 series	Oral or aerosol	CBP6
Negative deer	WTD (1)	−	Caudal brain sections	CSU CWD-negative deer UGA 1/2	Oral	123
Feline CWD	Feline (2)	+	Multiple brain sections	CSU CWD-positive deer	Intracranial	4137/4152
Negative cat	Feline (1)	−	Obex	CSU CWD-negative deer UGA 1/2	Oral	4141
FSEb	Feline (1)	+	Medulla	Natural infection	Assumed oral	FSE
BSE	Bovine (1)	+	Obex	Natural infection	Assumed oral	BSE
Negative cow	Bovine (1)	−	Brainstem	Not inoculated		Negative bovine
Field CWD 1c	WTD	+	Obex	Field isolate		H92
Field CWD 2c	WTD	+	Obex	Field isolate		98933968

^aAbbreviations: CSU, Colorado State University; Exper., experimental; WTD, white-tailed deer.

^bSee reference 3.

^cSee reference 36.