Effectiveness of capillary electrophoresis fluoroimmunoassay of blood PrPSc for evaluation of scrapie pathogenesis in sheep

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 552-557

  Everest, David J ^a   Waterhouse, Susan ^a   Kelly, Tina ^a   Velo Rego, Elena ^a   Sauer, Maurice J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Capillary electrophoresis; Diagnosis; Fluoroimmunoassay (FIA); Immunocapillary electrophoresis (ICE); Prion; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

PRION PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; EVALUATION; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; PATHOLOGY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 38449109767     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900516     Document Type: Article

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