Susceptibility of cattle to first-passage intracerebral inoculation with chronic wasting disease agent from white-tailed deer

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-493

  Hamir, A N ^a   Miller, J M ^a   Kunkle, R A ^a   Hall, S M ^b   Richt, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Chronic wasting disease; Prion diseases; Prion protein immunohistochemistry; Prion protein western blot; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SERIAL PASSAGE; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

BOS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE PRION; MUSTELA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34447130339     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.44-4-487     Document Type: Article

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