Associations of PrP genotype with lamb production traits in three commercial breeds of British lowland sheep

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1688-1695

  Moore, R C ^a   Boulton, K ^b   Bishop, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Meat and Livestock Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prion protein; PrP; Scrapie; Sheep; Transmissable spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70450237093     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173110999067X     Document Type: Article

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