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Genome-wide association and genomic prediction for host response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 4 Mar 2014
Boddicker Nicholas J, Bjorkquist Angelica, Rowland Raymond R R, Lunney Joan K, Reecy James M, Dekkers Jack C M
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BACKGROUND: Host genetics has been shown to play a role in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), which is the most economically important disease in the swine industry. A region on Sus scrofa chromosome (SSC) 4 has been previously reported to have a strong association with serum viremia and weight gain in pigs experimentally infected with the PRRS virus (PRRSV). The objective here was to identify...
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