Expanding Possibilities for Intervention against Small Ruminant Lentiviruses through Genetic Marker-Assisted Selective Breeding

Expanding Possibilities for Intervention against Small Ruminant Lentiviruses through Genetic Marker-Assisted Selective Breeding

Small ruminant lentiviruses include members that infect sheep (ovine lentivirus [OvLV]; also known as ovine progressive pneumonia virus/maedi-visna virus) and goats (caprine arthritis encephalitis virus [CAEV]). Breed differences in seroprevalence and proviral concentration of OvLV had suggested a s...

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Main Authors: Donald P. Knowles, Stephen N. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-06-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
small ruminant lentivirus
susceptibility
marker-assisted selection
sheep
goats
TMEM154
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/5/6/1466

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