Opinion of the Scientific Panel on biological hazards (BIOHAZ) on: “A quantitative assessment of risk posed to humans by tissues of small ruminants in case BSE is present in these animal populations”

EFSA Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

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Author keywords

BSE; goat; meat; scrapie; sheep; surveillance; testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078393753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2005.227     Document Type: Article

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