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Prion diseases and copper metabolism 1st edition bse scrapie and cjd research author d brown paperback isbn 9781898563877 ebook isbn 9780857099914 imprint woodhead publishing published date 1st october 2002 page . International authorities here investigate research into the prion diseases which include scrapie of sheep bse the mad cow disease and cjd one of the human diseases the role of metals in these diseases has become of great importance linking it with some of the changes in alzheimers disease. Copper and prion diseases brains from creutzfeldt jakob disease patients and brains from mice with experimental mouse scrapie have been shown to have changes in the levels of both copper and . Chronic wasting disease and copper chronic wasting disease cwd is a sporadic prion disease of deer and elk found in specific regions of the united states the nature of the pathology is very similar to spongiform degeneration induced by copper deficiency the soil in regions where cwd is high have deficiency in copper