Congenital myasthenic syndrome of Brahman cattle in South Africa

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 779-781

  Thompson, P N ^a   Steinlein, O K ^b   Harper, C K ^a   Kraner, S ^b   Sieb, J P ^c   Guthrie, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREED; BREEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MUTATION; MYASTHENIC SYNDROMES, CONGENITAL; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SEMEN; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0347028067     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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