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The impact of the National Scrapie Plan on the PRNP genotype distribution of the British national flock, 2002-2012.
The Veterinary record - 24 May 2014
Ortiz-Pelaez A, Thompson C E, Dawson M
Abstract excerpt
In order to determine the PRNP genotype distribution of the sheep population and to assess the impact of the National Scrapie Plan, a total of 9972 brain samples were collected between January 2012 and April 2013 from sheep sampled under the TSE active surveillance programme in Great Britain. Genotype frequencies observed were ARR/ARQ (29.5 per cent), ARR/ARR (28.6 per cent), ARR/AHQ (10.9 per cent), ARQ/ARQ (9.8...
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