Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: Is if time to relax BSE-related measures in the context of international trade?

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-117

  Matthews, D ^a   Adkin, A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE risk; Commodities; Infectivity; Surveillance; Trade

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79960246789     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.30.1.2019     Document Type: Article

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