Influence of prion protein genotypes on milk production traits in Spanish churra sheep

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1784-1791

  Alvarez L ^a   Gutierrez Gil B ^a   San Primitivo, F ^a   De La Fuente, L F ^a   Arranz, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Churra dairy sheep; Milk production; Prion protein gene; Scrapie resistance

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

FAT; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK; PRION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; FATS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MILK; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SCRAPIE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

EID: 33745911936     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72247-0     Document Type: Article

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