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Genetic and genomic basis of antibody response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in gilts and sows.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 14 Jul 2016
Serão Nick V L, Kemp Robert A, Mote Benny E, Willson Philip, Harding John C S, Bishop Stephen C, Plastow Graham S, Dekkers Jack C M
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BACKGROUND: Our recent research showed that antibody response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), measured as sample-to-positive (S/P) ratio, is highly heritable and has a high genetic correlation with reproductive performance during a PRRS outbreak. Two major quantitative trait loci (QTL) on Sus scrofa chromosome 7 (SSC7; QTLMHC and QTL130) accounted for ~40 % of the genetic variance for...
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