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Scrapie incidence and PRNP polymorphisms: rare small ruminant breeds of Sicily with TSE protecting genetic reservoirs

BACKGROUND: Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) are fatal neurodegenerative diseases of several mammalian species, including humans. In Italy, the active surveillance through rapid tests on brain stem from small ruminants started in 2002 on randomly selected samples of healthy slaughtere...

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Autores principales: Vitale, Maria, Migliore, Sergio, La Giglia, Maria, Alberti, Placido, Di Marco Lo Presti, Vincenzo, Langeveld, Jan P. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4946234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27417309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-016-0766-9