Assessment of clinical criteria to diagnose scrapie in Italy

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-112

  D'Angelo, Antonio ^a   Maurella, Cristiana ^b   Bona, Cristina ^b   Borrelli, Antonio ^a   Caramelli, Maria ^b   Elena Careddu, M ^b   Jaggy, André ^c   Ru, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Neurological signs; Ovine; Passive surveillance; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHEEP DISEASE; SKIN DEFECT; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ITALY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34249990154     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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