Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population.

doi:10.1016/j.animal.2022.100587

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Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population.

Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Aug 2022

McHugh N, O'Brien A C, Pabiou T, McDermott K, Berry D P

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Genetic susceptibility to scrapie, a fatal disease of sheep and goats, is modulated by polymorphisms in the prion protein (PrP). Neither the frequency of the PrP genotypes nor their association with animal performance has been investigated in a large multibreed Irish sheep population. Scrapie genotypes were available on 16 416 animals; the breeds represented included purebred Belclare (733), Charollais (333),...

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Animals
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
Prion Proteins
Prions
Scrapie
Sheep
Sheep Diseases

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PMID: 35872388
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2022.100587

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