Associations of PrP genotypes with live weight and slaughter traits in an experimental flock of Swaledale sheep in Great Britain

Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 607-614

  Man, W Y N ^a   Brotherstone, S ^a   Merrell, B G ^b   Murray, W A ^b   Villanueva, B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene associations; Prion diseases; Scraple; Sheep; Variance components

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34247497799     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: 1748748X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ASC200673     Document Type: Review

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