Biodiversity and genetic polymorphisms against scrapie in Sopravissana sheep breed
Scrapie is a neurodegenerative disease affecting ovine and it is one of several transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Scrapie is recognized as two forms – classical and atypical. Susceptibility or resistance to classical scrapie is strongly regulated by the polymorphisms at codons 136, 1...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2015-12-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/4251 |