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Genetic parameters for paratuberculosis infection and effect of infection on production traits in Israeli Holsteins.
Animal genetics - 1 Jul 2012
Shook G E, Chaffer M, Wu X-L, Ezra E
Abstract excerpt
Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is an infectious enteric disease in dairy cattle and other species that causes substantial economic loss worldwide. In this study, two recursive Gaussian-threshold models were employed in order to infer the effects of Johne's disease on milk yield, fat yield, and protein yield while simultaneously estimating genetic parameters (i.e. heritability and genetic correlation) in an...
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