Associations of clinical signs and prion protein genotypes in British sheep with scrapie

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 380-388

  Konoid, Timm ^a   Bone, Gemma ^a   Ortiz Pelaez, Angel ^a   Tortosa, Raul ^b   Clifford, Derek ^a   Dexter, Glenda ^a   Simmons, Marion Mathieson ^a   Spiropoulos, John ^a   Berthelin Baker, Christine Frédérique ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c All Animals Neurology and Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical observations; Prion disease; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70449466838     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0341-6593-116-380     Document Type: Article

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