No temporal trends in the prevalence of atypical scrapie in british sheep, 2002-2006

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mcintyre, K Marie ^a   Del Rio Vilas, Victor J ^b   Gubbins, Simon ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVALENCE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; PREVALENCE; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50349103131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-13     Document Type: Article

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