Do cows fed BSE-infected meat and bone meal in the colostrum-producing stage pass on infectious BSE agent to their calves?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-443

  Clauss, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; BONE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; COW; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HYPOTHESIS; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; LIFE; MEAT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MILK; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SWINE; THEORY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344736667     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00191-9     Document Type: Article

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