Article
Implication of complex vertebral malformation and bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency DNA-based testing on disease frequency in the Holstein population.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Dec 2008
Schütz E, Scharfenstein M, Brenig B
Abstract excerpt
Two inherited lethal disorders, bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD) and complex vertebral malformation (CVM), play a major role in breeding of Holstein cattle. Both inherited diseases are based on single nucleotide polymorphisms that have been known for 12 and 7 yr, respectively. A total of 25,753 cattle were genotyped for BLAD (18,200 tests) and CVM (14,493 tests) in our laboratory since the beginning of...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome
- Male
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Prevalence
