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Genome-wide association study for somatic cell score in Valdostana Red Pied cattle breed using pooled DNA.
BMC genetics - 6 Oct 2014
Strillacci Maria G, Frigo Erika, Schiavini Fausta, Samoré Antonia B, Canavesi Fabiola, Vevey Mario, Cozzi Maria C, Soller Morris, Lipkin Ehud, Bagnato Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mastitis is a major disease of dairy cattle occurring in response to environmental exposure to infective agents with a great economic impact on dairy industry. Somatic cell count (SCC) and its log transformation in somatic cell score (SCS) are traits that have been used as indirect measures of resistance to mastitis for decades in selective breeding. A selective DNA pooling (SDP) approach was applied...
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