Association between PrP genotypes and performance traits in a Welsh Mountain flock

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1421-1426

  Pritchard, T C ^a   Cahalan, C M ^a   Ap Dewi, I ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance traits; PrP genotype; Scrapie; Welsh Mountain sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 50449092249     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002747     Document Type: Article

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