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Evaluation of the present breeding programme against copper toxicosis in Danish Bedlington terriers.
Animal genetics - 1 Apr 2003
Proschowsky H F, Olsen J B, Jepsen B, Fredholm M
Abstract excerpt
A breeding programme to eradicate copper toxicosis in Danish Bedlington terriers has been established based on a DNA marker test. Genotyping of both parents is compulsory and after 1 January 2000, only homozygous non-carriers are used for breeding. In this study, two groups of Bedlington terriers were genotyped at 18 microsatellite loci. One group represented the original population of Bedlington terriers before...
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