Preliminary observations on the experimental transmission of scrapie to elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) by intracerebral inoculation

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-85

  Hamir, A N ^a   Miller, J M ^b   Cutlip, R C ^b   Stack, M J ^b   Chaplin, M J ^b   Jenny, A L ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni); Immunohistochemistry; Intracerebral transmission; Neuronal vacuolation; Pathology; Scrapie; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PRION; SHEEP; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; OVIS ARIES; SCRAPIE PRION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLUM; DEER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037263916     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-1-81     Document Type: Article

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