Atypical/Nor98 scrapie in the Basque Country: A case report of eight outbreaks

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rodríguez Martínez, Ana B ^a   Garrido, Joseba M ^a   Maza, Sonia ^a   Benedicto, Leyre ^a   Geijo, Mariví ^a   Gómez, Nieves ^a   Minguijón, Esmeralda ^a   Benestad, Sylvie L ^b   Juste, Ramón A ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPAIN;

EID: 77955495591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-17     Document Type: Article

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