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Genome-wide association study identifies loci associated with milk leukocyte phenotypes following experimental challenge with Streptococcus uberis.
Immunogenetics - 1 Sept 2018
Siebert Lydia, Staton Margaret E, Headrick Susan, Lewis Mark, Gillespie Barbara, Young Charles, Almeida Raul A, Oliver Stephen P, Pighetti Gina M
Abstract excerpt
Mastitis is a detrimental disease in the dairy industry that decreases milk quality and costs upwards of $2 billion annually. Often, mastitis results from bacteria entering the gland through the teat opening. Streptococcus uberis is responsible for a high percentage of subclinical and clinical mastitis. Following an intramammary experimental challenge with S. uberis on Holstein cows (n = 40), milk samples were...
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