Prospects for rapid diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease in the field using reverse transcriptase-PCR

Veterinary Record

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 315-316

  King, D P ^a   Dukes, J P ^a   Reid, S M ^a   Ebert, K ^a   Shaw, A E ^a   Mills, C E ^b   Boswell, L ^b   Ferris, N P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Smiths Detection   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41349112936     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.162.10.315     Document Type: Article

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