Results of a postal survey of scrapie in the Shetland Islands in 2003

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 255-260

  Gubbins, S ^a,c   Clark, A M ^b   Eglin, R D ^a   Sivam, S K ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33644904999     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.8.255     Document Type: Article

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