Faecal shedding, alimentary clearance and intestinal spread of prions in hamsters fed with scrapie

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Krüger, Dominique ^a   Thomzig, Achim ^a   Lenz, Gudrun ^a   Kampf, Kristin ^a   McBride, Patricia ^b   Beekes, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Faeces; Oral infection; Peyer's patches; Prion

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; INTESTINE WALL; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRION; PRION DISEASE; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRICETINAE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIONS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58249112841     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008042     Document Type: Article

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