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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Main Authors: Ludovica Curcio, Emiliano Lasagna, Francesca M. Sarti, Carla Sebastiani, Giovanni Pezzotti, Massimo Biagetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-12-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/4251