Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Sweden: An H-type variant

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-10

  Gavier Widén, Dolores ^a   Nöremark, Maria ^a   Langeveld, Jan P M ^c   Stack, Mick ^d   Biacabe, Anne Gaëlle ^b   Vulin, Johann ^b   Chaplin, Melanie ^d   Richt, Jürgen A ^e   Jacobs, Jorg ^c   Acín, Cristina ^f   Monleón, Eva ^f   Renström, Lena ^a   Klingeborn, Berndt ^a   Baron, Thierry G M ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Nor98; Prion; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRION; SWEDEN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PRIONS; SWEDEN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 49349108615     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000102     Document Type: Article

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