Prevalence of scrapie in sheep: Results from fallen stock surveys in Great Britain in 2002 and 2003

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 744-745

  Del Rio Vilas, V J ^a   Ryan, J ^a   Elliott, H G ^a,c   Tongue, S C ^a   Wilesmith, J W ^b,d  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TISSUE PREPARATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 32444444759     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.23.744     Document Type: Note

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