Analysis of PrP genotypes in relation to reproductive and production traits in Chios sheep

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 296-301

  Ioannides, I M ^a   Mavrogenis, A P ^a   Papachristoforou, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Production traits; Scrapie; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 64849102765     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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