Estimation of scrapie prevalence in cull and found-dead sheep on the Shetland Islands

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 303-304

  Humphry, R W ^a   Clark, A M ^a   Begara McGorum, I ^b   Gunn, G J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERADICATION THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP FARMING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

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EID: 1542606260     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.10.303     Document Type: Article

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