Experimental transmission of US scrapie agent by nasal, peritoneal, and conjunctival routes to genetically susceptible sheep

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Hamir, Amir N ^a,b   Kunkle, R A ^a   Richt, J A ^a   Miller, J M ^a   Greenlee, J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prion disease; Routes of inoculation; Sheep scrapie; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INJECTION; MALE; NOSE; PERITONEUM; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INJECTIONS; MALE; NOSE; PERITONEUM; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 38349143142     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-1-7     Document Type: Article

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