Investigation of 182 offspring of cows with BSE in Switzerland. Part 2: Epidemiological and neuropathological results;Untersuchungen an 182 Nachkommen von an boviner spongiformer Enzephalopathie (BSE) erkrankten Kühen in der Schweiz. Teil 2: Epidemiologische und pathologische Befunde

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 250-254

  Fatzer, R ^a   Ehrensperger, F ^b   Heim, D ^b   Schmidt, J ^b   Schmitt, A ^b   Braun, U ^b   Vandevelde, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Institut für Tierneurologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRION; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIONS; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031604446     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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