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Development of a genetic evaluation for hair shedding in American Angus cattle to improve thermotolerance.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 21 Oct 2020
Durbin Harly J, Lu Duc, Yampara-Iquise Helen, Miller Stephen P, Decker Jared E
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BACKGROUND: Heat stress and fescue toxicosis caused by ingesting tall fescue infected with the endophytic fungus Epichloë coenophiala represent two of the most prevalent stressors to beef cattle in the United States and cost the beef industry millions of dollars each year. The rate at which a beef cow sheds her winter coat early in the summer is an indicator of adaptation to heat and an economically relevant...
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