Detection of prions in the faeces of sheep naturally infected with classical scrapie

Veterinary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Terry, Linda A ^a   Howells, Laurence ^a   Bishop, Keith ^b   Baker, Claire A ^c   Everest, Sally ^a   Thorne, Leigh ^a   Maddison, Ben C ^c   Gough, Kevin C ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SCRAPIE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FECES; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 80052009162     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-42-65     Document Type: Article

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