Scrapie-free Merino and Poll Dorset sheep from Australia and New Zealand have normal frequencies of scrapie-susceptible PrP genotypes.

doi:10.1099/0022-1317-79-8-2079

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Scrapie-free Merino and Poll Dorset sheep from Australia and New Zealand have normal frequencies of scrapie-susceptible PrP genotypes.

The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 1998

Hunter N, Cairns D

Abstract excerpt

As natural scrapie occurs only in sheep of specific PrP genotypes, one proposed aetiology was that scrapie is simply a genetic disease. However, Cheviot and Suffolk sheep of scrapie-susceptible genotypes are found in Australia and New Zealand, both generally accepted to be scrapie-free countries....

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Australia
Genotype
New Zealand
Prions
Scrapie
Sheep

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