Prion protein genes in caribou from Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-228

  Happ, George M ^a   Huson, Heather J ^a   Beckmen, Kimberlee B ^b   Kennedy, Lorna J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribou; Chronic wasting disease; Prion; Rangifer tarandus grantil; Reindeer; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 34250321603     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.224     Document Type: Article

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