Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its epidemiology
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
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عنوان ژورنال: British Medical Bulletin
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1471-8391,0007-1420
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/66.1.185