Portrait of a spongiform encephalopathy in birds and the transmissibility of mammalian prion diseases to birds

Prions in Humans and Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 279-284

  Wells, Gerald A H ^a   Pohlenz, Joachim ^b,c   Hawkins, Stephen A C ^a   Matthews, Danny ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

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EID: 50049117762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110200171     Document Type: Chapter

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