Screening for chronic wasting disease in caribou in northern Quebec

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 886-

  Lapointe, Jean Martin ^a   Leclair, Daniel ^b   Mesher, Chesley ^b   Balachandran, Aru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CANADA; CARCASS; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REINDEER; SCREENING; WASTING SYNDROME; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUEBEC; REINDEER; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 18744401042     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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