Article
Two-stage genome-wide association study for the identification of causal variants underlying hoof disorders in cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2020
Suchocki T, Egger-Danner Ch, Schwarzenbacher H, Szyda J
Abstract excerpt
Feet and legs disorders influence dairy cattle breeding by their effect on animal welfare, economic losses due to lower production and fertility, costs of treatment, and problems with herd management. In our study, we estimated heritabilities and performed a 2-step GWAS for 3 traits describing hoof health: hoof health status defined by a veterinarian (HSV), hoof health status defined by a claw trimmer (HSC), and...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
- Female
- Foot Diseases
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Hoof and Claw
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
