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Breeding programmes for TSE resistance in British sheep. I. Assessing the impact on prion protein (PrP) genotype frequencies.
Preventive veterinary medicine - 16 Jan 2006
Roden J A, Nieuwhof G J, Bishop S C, Jones D A, Haresign W, Gubbins S
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From April 2005, member states of the European Union were required to implement a compulsory breeding programme for resistance to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in sheep as part of measures to eradicate TSEs from national flocks. In this paper, we assessed the impact of four different breeding strategies on prion protein (PrP) genotype frequencies using a mathematical model which describes in...
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