Genotype-level variation in lifetime breeding success, litter size and survival of sheep in scrapie-affected flocks

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1229-1238

  Chase Topping, Margo E ^a   Kruuk, Loeske E B ^a,b   Lajous, Daniel ^c   Touzeau, Suzanne ^c   Matthews, Louise ^a   Simm, Geoff ^d   Foster, James D ^e   Rupp, Rachel ^c   Eychenne, Francis ^c   Hunter, Nora ^e   Elsen, Jean Michel ^c   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SURVIVAL RATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 20144387653     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80277-0     Document Type: Article

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