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Breed predisposition for BSE: epidemiological evidence in Bavarian cattle.
Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde - 1 May 2006
Sauter-Louis C, Clauss M, Chaher E, Klee W, Wichmann H E, Kienzle E
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We present epidemiological data from Bavaria that indicates that animals of the Brown Swiss (BS) cattle breed might be more susceptible to BSE than animals from other breeds, both in terms of disease prevalence and length of the incubation period. BS animals were disproportionately represented among the BSE cases (BS represented about 9% of the susceptible population but 27% of actual cases). BS were slaughtered...
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