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Analysis of vaginal swabs for paternity testing and marker-assisted selection in cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2003
Ron M, Domochovsky R, Golik M, Seroussi E, Ezra E, Shturman C, Weller J I
Abstract excerpt
Blood is the standard source for DNA analysis, but requires venipuncture of cows by veterinarian and tedious and costly DNA extraction. A procedure was developed for sampling of vaginal cells from cows, establishing a cell lysis protocol using robotics, and applying fluorescent analysis of genetic markers. Two insemination technicians collected vaginal cells from 254 elite Israeli Holstein cows located in 152...
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