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Parity-dependent association between TNF-α and LTF gene polymorphisms and clinical mastitis in dairy cattle.
BMC veterinary research - 11 Jun 2013
Wojdak-Maksymiec Katarzyna, Szyda Joanna, Strabel Tomasz
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BACKGROUND: One major problem in dairy cattle husbandry is the prevalence of udder infections. In today's breeding programmes, top priority is being given to making animal evaluation more cost-effective and reliable and less time-consuming. We proposed tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), lactoferrin (LTF) and macrophage-expressed lysozyme (mLYZ) genes as potential DNA markers in the improvement of immunity to...
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