Evaluating different PrP genotype selection strategies for expected severity of scrapie outbreaks and genetic progress in performance in commercial sheep

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 161-171

  Man, W Y N ^a   Nicholls, N ^b   Woolhouse, M E J ^b   Lewis, R M ^c   Villanueva, B ^a,d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic reproductive ratio; PrP genotype; PrP selection; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOGENICITY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 68549112732     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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