Population dynamics of scrapie in a sheep flock

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1384, 1999, Pages 751-756

  Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Matthews, L ^a   Coen, P ^a   Stringer, S M ^b   Foster, J D ^c   Hunter, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Genetics; Incubation period; Susceptibility; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033614339     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0427     Document Type: Article

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