Experimental classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy: Definition and progression of neural PrP immunolabeling in relation to diagnosis and disease controls

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 948-963

  Simmons, M M ^a,b   Spiropoulos, J ^a   Webb, P R ^a   Spencer, Y I ^a   Czub, S ^b   Mueller, R ^c   Davis, A ^a,d   Arnold, M E ^a   Marsh, S ^a   Hawkins, S A C ^a   Cooper, J A ^a   Konold, T ^a   Wells, G A H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^d Dorevitch Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

bovine; central nervous system; diagnosis; immunohistochemistry; pathogenesis; peripheral nervous system; prion; transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; DISEASE COURSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRPSC PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION;

EID: 80051960518     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985810387072     Document Type: Article

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