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Clinical Examination Protocol to Detect Atypical and Classical Scrapie in Sheep
Published on: January 19, 2014
Clinical examination of the ruminant nervous system
1Farm Animal Reproduction, Medicine, and Surgery Section, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 1008 West Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, USA. constabl@uiuc.edu
Abstract:
Practical and rapid physical examination techniques that allow the clinician to neuroanatomically localize the site of disease to the cerebrum,cerebellum, brainstem/cranial nerves, or spinal cord/peripheral nerves are described. The physical examination methods discussed in this article can be performed easily and quickly and do not require any specialized or expensive equipment to perform.
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