The impact of sheep breed on the risk of classical scrapie

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-392

  Mcintyre, K M ^a   Trewby, H ^b   Gubbins, S ^a   Baylis, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; PrP; Scrapie; Sheep; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; BREEDING LINE; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; BREEDING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 76549101498     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990537     Document Type: Article

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