Breeding programmes for TSE resistance in British sheep: II. Assessing the impact on the prevalence and incidence of scrapie

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-31

  Gubbins, S ^a,b   Roden, J A ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease control; Modelling; Scrapie; Selective breeding; Sheep; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31344440653     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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