Evidence for the transmission of scrapie to sheep and goats from a vaccine against Mycoplasma agalactiae

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 531-536

  Caramelli, M ^a   Ru, G ^a   Casalone, C ^a   Bozzetta, E ^a   Acutis, P L ^a   Calella, A ^b   Forloni, G ^b  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOLOGY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; VACCINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MYCOPLASMA; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035962403     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.17.531     Document Type: Article

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