Comparison of BSE prevalence estimates from EU countries for the period July to December 2001 to the OIE and EU GBR classifications

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 262-271

  Giovannini, A ^a   Savini, L ^a   Conte, A ^a   Fiore, G L ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRPSC PROTEINS;

EID: 32944467910     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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