Protecting effect of PrP codons M142 and K222 in goats orally challenged with bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions
Abstract Breeding towards genetic resistance to prion disease is effective in eliminating scrapie. In sheep, classical forms of scrapie have been eradicated almost completely in several countries by breeding programs using a prion protein (PrP) gene (PRNP) amino acid polymorphism. For goats, field a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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Series: | Veterinary Research |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-017-0455-0 |