Sheep and goats: Natural and experimental TSEs and factors influencing incidence of disease

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 16, 2001, Pages 181-188

  Hunter, N ^a   Goldmann, W ^a   Marshall, E ^a   O'Neill, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

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