BSE - A wolf in sheep's clothing?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 563-570

  Baylis, Matthew ^a   Houston, Fiona ^a   Kao, Rowland R ^b   McLean, Angela R ^b   Hunter, Nora ^a   Gravenor, Mike B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL GENETICS; ATAXIA; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE FARMING; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MUTATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; SHEEP FARMING; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GREAT BRITAIN; MASS SCREENING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036966430     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02477-0     Document Type: Review

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