Origin and implications of bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 306-322

  Narang, Harash ^a  

^a Ken Bell International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CATTLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FELIS CATUS; OVIS ARIES; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0030005683     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-211-43975     Document Type: Short Survey

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