Association of class I bovine lymphocyte antigen complex alleles with health and production traits in dairy cattle.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(90)78939-4

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Association of class I bovine lymphocyte antigen complex alleles with health and production traits in dairy cattle.

Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 1990

Weigel K A, Freeman A E, Kehrli M E, Stear M J, Kelley D H

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Ninety-eight Holstein cows from the I-O-State breeding research herd were serologically typed for class I bovine lymphocyte antigens. After exclusion of animals carrying alleles that occurred at frequencies lower than 4%, records from 82 cows that had 161 lactations remained for analysis of major...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Cattle
Female
Genes, MHC Class I
Genetic Markers
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
Lactation
Mastitis, Bovine

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