Monitoring for bovine spongiform encephalopathy in sheep in Great Britain, 1998-2004

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2099-2107

  Stack, Michael ^a   Jeffrey, Martin ^a   Gubbins, Simon ^b   Grimmer, Steve ^a   González, Lorenzo ^a   Martin, Stuart ^a   Chaplin, Melanie ^a   Webb, Paul ^a   Simmons, Marion ^a   Spencer, Yvonne ^a   Bellerby, Peter ^a   Hope, James ^a   Wilesmith, John ^c   Matthews, Danny ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SCREENING TEST; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATTLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GREAT BRITAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33745597866     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81254-0     Document Type: Article

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