Biochemical and immunohistochemical characterization of feline spongiform encephalopathy in a German captive cheetah

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2874-2883

  Eiden, Martin ^a   Hoffmann, Christine ^a   Balkema Buschmann, Anne ^a   Müller, Matthias ^b   Baumgartner, Katrin ^c   Groschup, Martin H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Oberschleißheim   (Germany)

^c Tiergarten der Stadt Nürnberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEETAH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FELINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASES; VETERINARY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION; FELIS CATUS; SCRAPIE PRION;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRION DISEASES; PRPSC PROTEINS;

EID: 78049385147     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.022103-0     Document Type: Article

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