Isolation of prion with BSE properties from farmed goat

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2253-2261

  Spiropoulos, John ^a   Lockey, Richard ^a   Sallis, Rosemary E ^a   Terry, Linda A ^a   Thorne, Leigh ^a   Holder, Thomas M ^a   Beck, Katy E ^a   Simmons, Marion M ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GOAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRION; SCRAPIE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TRANSGENE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84930475298     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.110333     Document Type: Article

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