Risks of transmitting scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy by semen and embryos

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 240-264

  Wrathall, A E ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Disease transmission; Embryo transfer; Livestock trade; Pathogenesis; Prion diseases; Risk analysis; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PRIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCRAPIE; SEMEN; SHEEP;

EID: 0031107743     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.16.1.1016     Document Type: Article

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