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Toll-like receptor 2 gene polymorphisms in Chinese Holstein cattle and their associations with bovine tuberculosis.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 1 Apr 2017
Zhao Zhanqin, Xue Yun, Hu Zhigang, Zhou Feng, Ma Beibei, Long Ta, Xue Qiao, Liu Huisheng
Abstract excerpt
This study evaluated whether there was an association between polymorphisms within the Toll-like receptor 2 gene (TLR2) of Chinese Holstein cattle and susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis (BTB). In a case-control study including 210 BTB cases and 237 control cattle, we found only two common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the entire coding region of the TLR2 gene, A631G (rs95214857) and T1707C...
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