The Shetland Islands scrapie monitoring and control programme: Analysis of the clinical data collected from 772 scrapie suspects 1985-1997

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-44

  Cockcroft, P D ^a   Clark, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Veterinary Science Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Clinical signs; Ovine; Scrapie; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRUXISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERESTHESIA; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOOL;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ATAXIA; EMACIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYPERESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRURITUS; SCOTLAND; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; BOVINAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27744589399     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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