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[Influence of prion protein gene polymorphisms on performance traits in German meat sheep breeds].
DTW. Deutsche tierarztliche Wochenschrift - 1 Sept 2004
De Vries F, Hamann H, Drögemüller C, Andrzejewski M, Ganter M, Distl O
Abstract excerpt
PrP polymorphisms influence the scrapie susceptiblility of sheep. The objective of this study was to analyse the association between performance traits and the PrP genotype in the sheep breeds German black-headed and German white-headed mutton, Bleu du Maine, German mutton merino, Leine, Texel and Suffolk from Lower Saxony and Westphalia. We analysed performance traits such as scores for muscle mass, type and...
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