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Genetic evaluation for bovine tuberculosis resistance in dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Feb 2017
Banos G, Winters M, Mrode R, Mitchell A P, Bishop S C, Woolliams J A, Coffey M P
Abstract excerpt
Genetic evaluations for resistance to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) were calculated based on British national data including individual animal tuberculin skin test results, postmortem examination (presence of bTB lesions and bacteriological culture for Mycobacterium bovis), animal movement and location information, production history, and pedigree records. Holstein cows with identified sires in herds with bTB...
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