PrP genotyping of Austrian sheep breeds

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 415-418

  Sipos, W ^a   Kraus, M ^a,b   Schmoll, F ^a   Achmann, R ^a   Baumgartner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b National Institute for Veterinary Investigations   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BREEDING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION; RANDOMIZATION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BREEDING; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 0036778514     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2002.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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