The evidence of associations between prion protein genotype and production, reproduction, and health traits in sheep

Veterinary Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Sweeney, Torres ^a   Hanrahan, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carcass; Disease; Growth; Prolificacy; PrP genotype

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME 13; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; MASTITIS; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVULATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SOMATIC CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; PRIONS; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 50049115525     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008004     Document Type: Review

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