A comparison of the active surveillance of scrapie in the European Union

Veterinary Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Del Rio Vilas, V J ^a   Bohning D ^b   Kuhnert, R ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Meta analysis; Scrapie; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

OVIS ARIES;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; EUROPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 41449100269     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008014     Document Type: Article

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