Survey for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in Irish pigs fed meat and bone meal

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Jahns, H ^a   Callanan, J J ^b   Sammin, D J ^a   McElroy, M C ^a   Bassett, H F ^b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN TISSUE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEAT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPHEROID CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SWINE DISEASE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33746999527     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.5.137     Document Type: Article

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