Searching for BSE in sheep: Interpreting the results so far

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 298-299

  Gravenor, M B ^a   Ryder, S J ^b   Gubbins, S ^b   Hunter, N ^a   Baylis, M ^a   Kao, R R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0344406071     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.10.298     Document Type: Short Survey

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