A dual fluorescent multiprobe assay for prion protein genotyping in sheep

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Scrapie and BSE belong to a group of fatal, transmissible, neurodegenerative diseases called TSE. In order to minimize the risk of natural scrapie and presumed natural BSE in sheep, breeding programmes towards TSE resistance are cond...

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Main Authors: Van Zeveren Alex, Mattheeuws Marc, Vandesompele Jo, Van Poucke Mario, Peelman Luc J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/5/13