Potential risk factors associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 306-311

  Pottgiesser C ^a   Ovelhey, A ^a,b   Ziller, M ^a   Kramer, M ^a   Selhorst, T ^a   Conraths, J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33747827500     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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