Canine multi-drug resistance-1 mutation prevalence: A South African perspective
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Canine multi-drug resistance-1 mutation prevalence: A South African perspective.
The multi-drug resistance (mdr-1) gene mutation is a phenomenon well known to current veterinary practitioners. The mutation causes a predisposition for, amongst other phenomena, macrocyclic lactone-induced neurotoxicosis in affected canines, a condition that can be fatal. Various herding dog breeds can be heterozygous or homozygous for the mutation, and prevalence differs only slightly in dog ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2224-9435,1019-9128
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v85i1.1139