Maternal transmission studies of BSE in sheep

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3159-3163

  Foster, J D ^a   Goldmann, W ^a   McKenzie, C ^a   Smith, A ^a   Parnham, D W ^a   Hunter, Nora ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN; BREEDING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SHEEP DISEASE; SURVIVAL TIME; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PRION; SHEEP;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIONS; SHEEP;

EID: 5444229780     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80099-0     Document Type: Article

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