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Identifying genetic loci controlling neonatal passive transfer of immunity using a hybrid genotyping strategy.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2014
Rohrer G A, Rempel L A, Miles J R, Keele J W, Wiedmann R T, Vallet J L
Abstract excerpt
Colostrum intake is critical to a piglet's survival and can be measured by precipitating out the γ-immunoglobulins from serum with ammonium sulfate (immunocrit). Genetic analysis of immunocrits on 5312 piglets indicated that the heritabilities (se) for direct and maternal effects were 0.13 (0.06) and 0.53 (0.08) respectively. To identify QTL for direct genetic effects, piglets with the highest and lowest...
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