European Union's rapid TSE testing in adult cattle and sheep: Implementation and results in 2001 and 2002

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-278

  Bird, Sheila M ^a  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN;

AGE; AUTOPSY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GOAT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 0038718675     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280203sm331ra     Document Type: Review

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