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Fine mapping for Weaver syndrome in Brown Swiss cattle and the identification of 41 concordant mutations across NRCAM, PNPLA8 and CTTNBP2.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
McClure Matthew, Kim Euisoo, Bickhart Derek, Null Daniel, Cooper Tabatha, Cole John, Wiggans George, Ajmone-Marsan Paolo, Colli Licia, Santus Enrico, Liu George E, Schroeder Steve, Matukumalli Lakshmi, Van Tassell Curt, Sonstegard Tad
Abstract excerpt
Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (Weaver Syndrome) is a recessive neurological disease that has been observed in the Brown Swiss cattle breed since the 1970's in North America and Europe. Bilateral hind leg weakness and ataxia appear in afflicted animals at 6 to 18 months of age, and slowly progresses to total loss of hind limb control by 3 to 4 years of age. While Weaver has previously been...
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