Assessing the efficacy of a ram-genotyping programme to reduce susceptibility to scrapie in Great Britain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-249

  Arnold, M ^a   Meek, C ^a   Webb, C R ^a   Hoinville, L J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control programme; Epidemiology; Modelling; National Scrapie Plan; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INDUSTRY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037203076     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00159-9     Document Type: Article

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