PrP genotype frequencies and risk evaluation for scrapie in dairy sheep breeds from southern Italy.

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.10.023

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PrP genotype frequencies and risk evaluation for scrapie in dairy sheep breeds from southern Italy.

Preventive veterinary medicine - 1 Dec 2015

Martemucci Giovanni, Iamartino Daniela, Blasi Michele, D'Alessandro Angela Gabriella

Abstract excerpt

Concerns regarding scrapie in sheep breeding have increased in the last few decades. The present study was carried out in dairy sheep breeds from southern Italy. In order to find breeding animals resistant to scrapie, the PrP genes of 1,205 animals from entire flocks of dairy native Apulian Leccese and Altamurana breeds, and Sicilian Comisana breed, were analysed for polymorphisms at codons 136, 154, and 171...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Dairying
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
Italy
Polymorphism, Genetic
Prions
Risk Assessment
Scrapie
Sheep

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PMID: 26549664
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.10.023

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