Article
The time-course of a scrapie outbreak.
BMC veterinary research - 13 Jun 2006
McIntyre K Marie, Gubbins Simon, Goldmann Wilfred, Stevenson Emily, Baylis Matthew
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Because the incubation period of scrapie has a strong host genetic component and a dose-response relationship, it is possible that changes will occur during an outbreak, especially in the genotypes of cases, age-at-onset of disease and, perhaps, the clinical signs displayed. We investigated these factors for a large outbreak of natural scrapie, which yielded sufficient data to detect temporal trends....
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