The time-course of a scrapie outbreak

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McIntyre, K Marie ^a   Gubbins, Simon ^a   Goldmann, Wilfred ^a   Stevenson, Emily ^a   Baylis, Matthew ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

AGING; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746300269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-2-20     Document Type: Article

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