As reported by RÚV, sheep with a special genotype may be the key to eradicating the deadly disease scrapie in Iceland. The Tignarleg sheep, from a farm in Northwest Iceland, and Móbotna, from a farm in the Northeast of the country, carry a rare gene that protects them from the deadly degenerative disease of the brain. So far, four females have been found among Icelandic sheep, […]
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