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Scrapie prevalence in sheep of susceptible genotype is declining in a population subject to breeding for resistance
BACKGROUND: Susceptibility of sheep to scrapie infection is known to be modulated by the PrP genotype of the animal. In the Netherlands an ambitious scrapie control programme was started in 1998, based on genetic selection of animals for breeding. From 2002 onwards EU regulations required intensive...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-6-25 |