Approaches to investigating transmission of spongiform encephalopathies in domestic animals using BSE as an example

Veterinary Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Simmons, Marion Mathieson ^a   Spiropoulos, John ^a   Hawkins, Stephen Anthony Charles ^a   Bellworthy, Susan Jane ^a   Tongue, Susan Carol ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Experimental; Natural; Transmission; TSE

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50049094742     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008011     Document Type: Review

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