Risk management of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in Europe

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-199

  Heim, D ^a   Kihm, U ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Control; Europe; Risk management; Scrapie; Surveillance; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037495125     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.22.1.1392     Document Type: Review

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