Genotyping cattle for inherited congenital myoclonus and maple syrup urine disease

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 695-697

  Healy, P J ^a   Dennis, J A ^a   Windsor, P A ^a   Pierce, K D ^b   Schofield, P R ^b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; MYOCLONUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; MYOCLONUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036830973     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb11301.x     Document Type: Article

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