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Analysis of prion protein genotypes in relation to reproduction traits in local and cosmopolitan German sheep breeds.
Animal reproduction science - 15 Jan 2008
Lipsky S, Brandt H, Lühken G, Erhardt G
Abstract excerpt
Due to the genetic determination of susceptibility to scrapie and other forms of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in sheep breeding to the less susceptible prion protein (PrP) genotype ARR/ARR was advanced within EU. In 4961 ewes of nine German sheep breeds (Coburg Fox sheep, Gray Horned Heath sheep, Merinoland sheep, Rhoen sheep, German Blackheaded Mutton sheep, Shropshire, Suffolk, Texel and White...
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