Ovine congenital progressive muscular dystrophy: mode of inheritance [sheep; hereditary disease]
1988
Richards, R.B. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Perth. Animal Health Lab.) | Lewer, R.P. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Katanning. Animal Breeding and Research Inst.) | Passmore, I.K. (Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Albany (Australia). Neuromuscular Research Inst.) | McQuade, N.C. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Albany (Australia))
Ovine congenital progressive muscular dystrophy is a skeletal muscle disease that has been recognised only in Australian Merino sheep. This report describes breeding experiments to determine that the disease is genetically transmitted and confirms an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance.
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