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Mapping of Calf Death in Japanese Black Cattle.
Animal biotechnology - 2 Oct 2017
Hirano Takashi, Nishimura Shota, Hara Hiromi, Sugimoto Yoshikazu, Hanzawa Kei
Abstract excerpt
Weak calf syndrome (WCS) is a major cause of calf death in Japanese Black cattle. Among IARS disorders, the isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase c.235G>C mutation has been identified as one of the causes of WCS. However, calf deaths differing from those attributed to IARS disorder has been occurring. To identify other genes potentially responsible for these calf deaths, we constructed three populations of three bulls...
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