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Integration of epidemiology into the genetic analysis of mastitis in Swedish Holstein.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Apr 2013
Windig Jack J, Urioste Jorge I, Strandberg Erling
Abstract excerpt
Heritability of mastitis (and diseases in general) tends to be low. One possible cause is that no clear distinction can be made between resistant and nonresistant animals, because healthy animals include animals that have not been exposed to pathogens and resistant animals. To account for this, we quantified the prevalence of clinical mastitis (CM) and subclinical mastitis (SCM) in 2,069 Swedish Holstein herds as...
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