Two Irish cases of scrapie resembling Nor98

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 636-637

  Onnasch, H ^a   Gunn, H M ^a   Bradshaw, B J ^a   Benestad, S L ^b   Bassett, H F ^c  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 9444285508     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.20.636     Document Type: Article

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