Diagnosis of the first cases of scrapie in Poland

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Polak, Miroslaw P ^a   Larska, Magdalena ^a   Langeveld, Jan P M ^b   Buschmann, Anne ^c   Groschup, Martin H ^c   Zmudzinski, Jan F ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atypical scrapie; Molecular typing; Nor98; Sheep; Western blot

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; GENOTYPE; POLAND; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77958196196     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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