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Codon 141 polymorphisms of the ovine prion protein gene affect the phenotype of classical scrapie transmitted from goats to sheep.
BMC veterinary research - 4 May 2017
Konold Timm, Phelan Laura J, Donnachie Ben R, Chaplin Melanie J, Cawthraw Saira, González Lorenzo
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BACKGROUND: A study to investigate transmission of classical scrapie via goat milk was carried out in sheep: firstly, lambs were challenged orally with goat scrapie brain homogenate to confirm transmission of scrapie from goats to sheep. In the second study phase, milk from scrapie-infected goats was fed to lambs. Lambs were selected according to their prion protein gene (PRNP) genotype, which was either VRQ/VRQ...
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