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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: the effect of oral exposure dose on attack rate and incubation period in cattle - an update.
BMC research notes - 5 Dec 2012
Konold Timm, Arnold Mark E, Austin Anthony R, Cawthraw Saira, Hawkins Steve A C, Stack Michael J, Simmons Marion M, Sayers A Robin, Dawson Michael, Wilesmith John W, Wells Gerald A H
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BACKGROUND: To provide information on dose-response and aid in modelling the exposure dynamics of the BSE epidemic in the United Kingdom groups of cattle were exposed orally to a range of different doses of brainstem homogenate of known infectious titre from clinical cases of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Interim data from this study was published in 2007. This communication documents...
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