First chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Northern part of Belgium

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 54-60

  De Bosschere, H ^a   Saegerman, C ^b   Neukermans, A ^c   Berkvens, D ^d   Casaer, J ^c   Vanopdenbosch, E ^a   Roels, S ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Belgium; Brain diseases; Cervids diseases; Chronic wasting disease; CWD; Deer diseases; Prion diseases; Surveillance; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; TSE

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BELGIUM; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRION DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BELGIUM; BRAIN; DEER; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

EID: 33745460015     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2006.9695208     Document Type: Article

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