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    PRNP genotyping in dairy sheep flocks: a sampling strategy for application in breeding programmes for scrapie eradication

    Date
    2013
    Author
    Psifidi, A
    Dovas, CI
    Eftimiou, K
    Banos, G
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    Abstract
    Flock PRNP genotyping, defined as mass ewe genotyping at flock level using bulk tank milk samples would facilitate selection programmes aiming at increasing genetic resistance to scrapie. The objective of this study was the application and evaluation of a flock PRNP genotyping strategy. The strategy was tested for the estimation of the prevalence of the most undesirablePRNPpolymorphism, valine at codon 136 (V136), in a flock consisting of 330 Chios dairy ewes withknownindividual genotypes, one of which was heterozygous forV136. A novel quantitative real-time Ligase Chain Reaction method was used for genotyping. Four monthly bulk tank milk samplings at the first four months of lactation took place. Different flock sizes were simulated using the collective milk of different numbers of ewes. Linear regression analysis, descriptive statistics and a linear model were used for the evaluation of the accuracy of flock PRNP frequency quantification. The accuracy was affected by the sampling month, number of monthly samplings and flock size. The V136 polymorphism was detected in all samples. Nevertheless, higher numbers of samplings were associated with more accurate estimation of the V136 frequency. As a general recommendation, three to four monthly samplings are sufficient for the determination of PRNP frequency profile at flock level. However, if the method is used as a screening tool for just the detection (and not the quantification) of a specific PRNP polymorphism, only one sampling is adequate. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Journal Title/Title of Proceedings
    Small Ruminant Research
    Volume/Issue Number
    113:2-3
    Page Numbers
    335‐339
    URI
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.03.013
    http://hdl.handle.net/11262/10513
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