Experimentally induced bovine spongiform encephalopathy did not transmit via goat embryos

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 517-524

  Foster, James ^a   McKelvey, William ^a,b   Fraser, Hugh ^a   Chong, Angie ^a   Ross, Arlene ^a   Parnham, David ^a   Goldmann, Wilfred ^a   Hunter, Nora ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; EMBRYO; GOAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0033010356     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-2-517     Document Type: Article

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