Breeding programmes for TSE resistance in British sheep: I. Assessing the impact on prion protein (PrP) genotype frequencies

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Roden, J A ^a   Nieuwhof, G J ^b   Bishop, S C ^c   Jones, D A ^d   Haresign, W ^a   Gubbins, S ^e,f  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Meat and Livestock Commission   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Peithyll Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31344449376     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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