Analysis of associations between the prion protein genotype and reproduction traits in meat sheep breeds

Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 397-404

  De Vries, F ^a   Hamann, H ^a   Drogemuller C ^a   Ganter, M ^a   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prion proteins; Reproduction; Scrapie; Sheep; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 11844263977     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800090263     Document Type: Article

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