The BSE-susceptible proportion of UK sheep

Veterinary Record

Volumn 151, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 481-482

  Baylis, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROVOCATION TEST; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037136881     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.151.16.481     Document Type: Article

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