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Genetic predisposition of some Bulgarian sheep breeds to the scrapie disease.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2011
Sirakov Ivo, Peshev Raiko, Christova Lilia
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The aim of this study is to investigate the profile of ovine PrP gene by amino acid polymorphism at codons 136, 141, 154, and 171 for determining the genetic predisposition to the Scrapie disease for the tribal sheep and rams, with different numbers and distribution in Bulgaria. Three hundred twenty four animals originating from 41 tribal herds comprising eight breeds were included in the study. DNA was isolated...
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