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Single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with thermoregulation in lactating dairy cows exposed to heat stress.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2015
Dikmen S, Wang X-z, Ortega M S, Cole J B, Null D J, Hansen P J
Abstract excerpt
Dairy cows with increased rectal temperature experience lower milk yield and fertility. Rectal temperature during heat stress is heritable, so genetic selection for body temperature regulation could reduce effects of heat stress on production. One aim of the study was to validate the relationship between genotype and heat tolerance for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously associated with resistance...
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