Associations between lamb survival and prion protein genotype: Analysis of data for ten sheep breeds in Great Britain

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gubbins, Simon ^a   Cook, Charlotte J ^b   Hyder, Kieran ^b   Boulton, Kay ^c   Davis, Carol ^c   Thomas, Eurion ^d   Haresign, Will ^e   Bishop, Stephen C ^f   Villanueva, Beatriz ^g   Eglin, Rachel D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Meat and Livestock Commission   (United Kingdom)

^d Peithyll Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PRION; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; PRIONS; SHEEP; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 60549107771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-5-3     Document Type: Article

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