Modelling the expected numbers of preclinical and clinical cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Switzerland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 155-160

  Doherr, M G ^a   Heim, D ^b   Vandevelde, M ^c   Fatzer, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033533012     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.6.155     Document Type: Article

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