Experimental inoculation of raccoons (procyon lotor) with spiroplasma mirum and transmissible mink encephalopathy (tme)

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-24

  Hamir, Amir N ^a   Greenlee, Justin J ^a   Stanton, Thad B ^a   Smith, Jodi D ^a   Doucette, Stephanie ^a   Kunkle, Robert A ^a   Stasko, Judith A ^a   Richt, Juergen A ^b   Kehrli Jr, Marcus E ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOON; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MIRUM; TRANSMISSIBLE MINK ENCEPHALOPATHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; RACCOONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPIROPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MIRUM;

EID: 79959736950     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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