Factors influencing temporal variation of scrapie incidence within a closed Suffolk sheep flock

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-211

  González, Lorenzo ^a   Dagleish, Mark P ^b   Martin, Stuart ^a   Finlayson, Jeanie ^b   Sisó, Sílvia ^a   Eaton, Samantha L ^b   Goldmann, Wilfred ^c   Witz, Janey ^a   Hamilton, Scott ^b   Stewart, Paula ^c   Pang, Yvonne ^b   Steele, Philip ^b   Reid, Hugh W ^b   Chianini, Francesca ^b   Jeffrey, Martin ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HERD; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 83755178449     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.034652-0     Document Type: Article

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