Use of a preclinical test in the control of classical scrapie

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2642-2650

  Boden, L A ^a   Houston, F ^a   Fryer, H R ^b   Kao, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EWE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERD; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; ANIMAL; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; GREAT BRITAIN; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 77956828914     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.022566-0     Document Type: Article

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