Derivation of a scrapie-free sheep flock from the progeny of a flock affected by scrapie

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 42-45

  Foster, J ^a   McKenzie, C ^a   Parnham, D ^a   Drummond, D ^a   Goldmann, W ^a   Stevenson, E ^a   Hunter, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HERD; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP FARMING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33746402408     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.2.42     Document Type: Article

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