Studies of the transmissibility of the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to pigs

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1021-1031

  Wells, Gerald A H ^a   Hawkins, Stephen A C ^a   Austin, Anthony R ^b   Ryder, Stephen J ^a   Done, Stanley H ^a   Green, Robert B ^a   Dexter, Ian ^a   Dawson, Michael ^c   Kimberlin, Richard H ^d  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b FARA   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^d SARDAS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOASSAY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEEDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ILEUM; INBREEDING; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRIONS; STOMACH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0037385310     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.18788-0     Document Type: Review

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