Frequencies of PrP gene haplotypes in British sheep flocks and the implications for breeding programmes

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1294-1302

  Goldmann, Wilfred ^a   Baylis, M ^a   Chihota, C ^a   Stevenson, E ^a   Hunter, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prion; PrP genetics; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

GENES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BREEDING PROGRAMMES; CODING REGION; GENOMIC DNA; HAPLOTYPES; PRION; PRP GENETIC; RESISTANCE BREEDING; SCRAPIE; SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES; TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY;

PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

GENOMIC DNA;

PRION DISEASE; SCRAPIE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SHEEP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREEDING; CODON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HERD; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION DISEASE; PRP GENE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS GENE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 20444502475     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02568.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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