No H- and L-type cases in Belgium in cattle diagnosed with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (1999-2008) aging seven years and older

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dobly, Alexandre ^a   Langeveld, Jan ^b   van Keulen, Lucien ^b   Rodeghiero, Caroline ^a   Durand, Stéphanie ^a   Geeroms, Riet ^a   Van Muylem, Patrick ^a   De Sloovere, Jessica ^a   Vanopdenbosch, Emmanuel ^a   Roels, Stefan ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77955479779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-26     Document Type: Article

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