Investigation of farmer regard for scrapie-susceptible sheep

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 732-734

  Nicholls, N ^a,d   Kruuk, L ^b   Woolhouse, M ^b   Stevenson, E ^a   Gravenor, M ^c   Baylis, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; WOOL;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33744983500     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.21.732     Document Type: Article

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