Associations between the prion protein genotype and performance traits of meat breeds of sheep

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 140-143

  de Vries, F ^a   Borchers, N ^b   Hamann, H ^a   Drogemuller C ^a   Reinecke, S ^b   Lupping W ^b   Distl, O ^a  

^a Veterinary Medicine Hannover   (Germany)

^b Universitaet Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY FAT; BREED; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HERD; HEREDITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRAPIE; SHEEP FARMING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4344666491     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.5.140     Document Type: Article

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