Portrait of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle and other ungulates

Prions in Humans and Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 233-249

  Hörnlimann, Beat ^a   Bachmann, Jutta ^b   Bradley, Ray ^c  

^a BSE71 92 SVISS Consulting   (Switzerland)

^b Bachmann Consulting   (Norway)

^c Private BSE Consultant   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881688093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110200171     Document Type: Chapter

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