Surveillance for prion disease in cervids, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-322

  Schettler, Elvira ^a,f   Steinbach, Falko ^a,b   Eschenbacher Kaps, Iris ^c   Gerst, Kirsten ^d   Meussdoerffer, Franz ^e   Risch, Kirsten ^d   Streich, Wolf Jürgen ^a   Frölich, Kai ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Cenas AG   (Germany)

^d Landesveterinär und Lebensmitteluntersuchungsamt Mecklenburg Vorpommern   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^f NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEER; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRION DISEASE; WILDLIFE;

EID: 33644509235     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1202.050970     Document Type: Article

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