The Kafkaesque approach to scrapie control - A sense of impending danger

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-236

  Baylis, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SCRAPIE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 33847042650     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2005.10.011     Document Type: Editorial

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