Epidemiological implications of the susceptibility to BSE of putatively resistant sheep

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3503-3512

  Kao, Rowland R ^a   Houston, F ^b   Baylis, M ^b   Chihota, C M ^b   Goldmann, W ^b   Gravenor, M B ^b   Hunter, N ^b   McLean, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; HERD; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FOOD POISONING; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0346121555     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19184-0     Document Type: Article

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