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Short Communication

South-East Asia Bovine Populations and The Japanese Cattle Breeds do not Harbour The E211K Variant of The PRNP

George MsalyaUnited Graduate School of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan;Department of Animal Science and Production, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, TanzaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Takeshi ShimogiriFaculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Yuichiro MatsumotoFaculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Shin OkamotoFaculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Kotaro KawabeFrontier Science Research Centre, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Yoshizane MaedaFaculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
Article: 2996 | Received 04 Jan 2013, Accepted 31 Jul 2013, Published online: 18 Feb 2016

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