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Polymorphisms of the prion protein gene coding region in born-after-the-reinforced-ban (BARB) bovine spongiform encephalopathy cattle in Great Britain.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Apr 2007
Saunders G C, Griffiths P C, Cawthraw S, Tout A C, Wiener P, Woolliams J A, Williams J L, Windl O
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms of the prion protein gene are associated with differing susceptibilities to transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases, as shown for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and scrapie in sheep, but not yet in cattle. Imposition of control measures in the UK, including a reinforced ruminant feed ban in 1996, has led to a reduction in the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)....
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