Similarity of the lesion profile of BSE in Portuguese cattle to that described in British cattle

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 486-488

  Orge, L ^d   Simas, J P ^b,c   Fernandes, A C ^d   Ramos, M ^d   Galo, A ^a  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN; CATTLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PRION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENGLAND; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PORTUGAL; PRIONS;

EID: 0034699860     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.17.486     Document Type: Article

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