Rapid testing leads to the underestimation of the scrapie prevalence in an affected sheep and goat flock

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-327

  Reckzeh, Claudia ^a,b   Hoffmann, Christine ^a   Buschmann, Anne ^a   Buda, Silke ^b   Budras, Klaus Dieter ^b   Reckling, Karl Friedrich ^c   Bellmann, Steffi ^c   Knobloch, Hartmut ^c   Erhardt, Georg ^d   Fries, Reinhard ^b   Groschup, Martin H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz ^*  (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Lymphoid tissue; Preclinical scrapie

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34547110565     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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