Determining the relationship between restorative potential and size of a gene bank to alleviate the risks inherent in a scrapie eradication breeding programme

Livestock Science

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 231-241

  Roughsedge, T ^a   Villanueva, B ^a   Woolliams, J A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene bank; Genotype eradication; National scrapie plan; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645851965     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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