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Pseudomyotonia in Romagnola cattle caused by novel ATP2A1 mutations.
BMC veterinary research - 9 Oct 2012
Murgiano Leonardo, Sacchetto Roberta, Testoni Stefania, Dorotea Tiziano, Mascarello Francesco, Liguori Rocco, Gentile Arcangelo, Drögemüller Cord
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bovine congenital pseudomyotonia (PMT) is an impairment of muscle relaxation induced by exercise preventing animals from performing rapid movements. Forms of recessively inherited PMT have been described in different cattle breeds caused by two independent mutations in ATP2A1 encoding a skeletal-muscle Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA1). We observed symptoms of congenital PMT in four related Romagnola beef cattle...
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