Studies of the transmissibility of the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to the domestic chicken

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Moore, Jo ^a,b   Hawkins, Stephen A C ^a   Austin, Anthony R ^a   Konold, Timm ^a   Green, Robert B ^a   Blamire, Ian W ^a   Dexter, Ian ^a   Stack, Michael J ^a   Chaplin, Melanie J ^a   Langeveld, Jan P M ^c   Simmons, Marion M ^a   Spencer, Yvonne I ^a   Webb, Paul R ^a   Dawson, Michael ^a   Wells, Gerald A H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION; MAMMALIA; MAMMALIAN PRION;

EID: 81155138316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-501     Document Type: Article

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