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Candidate gene polymorphisms (BoIFNG, TLR4, SLC11A1) as risk factors for paratuberculosis infection in cattle.
Preventive veterinary medicine - 1 Oct 2009
Pinedo Pablo J, Buergelt Claus D, Donovan G Art, Melendez Pedro, Morel Laurence, Wu Rongling, Langaee Taimour Y, Rae D Owen
Abstract excerpt
Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) imposes a significant problem to the world dairy and beef industries and today is considered a potential zoonosis. The disease is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and is characterized by progressive weight loss and profuse diarrhoea. Susceptibility to infection is suspected to have a genetic component, and moderated values for heritability of infection have...
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