A descriptive study of the prevalence of atypical and classical scrapie in sheep in 20 European countries

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fediaevsky, Alexandre ^a,b   Tongue, Sue C ^c   Nöremark, Maria ^d   Calavas, Didier ^a   Ru, Giuseppe ^e   Hopp, Petter ^f  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b EPIA   (France)

^c CERA   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e CEA Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte   (Italy)

^f NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVALENCE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; EUROPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 54449101935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-19     Document Type: Article

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