Associations of polymorphisms of the ovine prion protein gene with growth, carcass, and computerized tomography traits in Scottish Blackface lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 632-640

  Sawalha, R M ^a   Brotherstone, S ^a,b   Man, W Y N ^a   Conington, J ^a   Bunger L ^a   Simm, G ^a   Villanueva, B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Growth; Prion protein gene; PrP; Scrapie; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PRION; SHEEP;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SHEEP;

EID: 34247100747     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-372     Document Type: Article

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