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Multiple Country and Breed Genomic Prediction of Tick Resistance in Beef Cattle.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Cardoso Fernando Flores, Matika Oswald, Djikeng Appolinaire, Mapholi Ntanganedzeni, Burrow Heather M, Yokoo Marcos Jun Iti, Campos Gabriel Soares, Gulias-Gomes Claudia Cristina, Riggio Valentina, Pong-Wong Ricardo, Engle Bailey, Porto-Neto Laercio, Maiwashe Azwihangwisi, Hayes Ben J
Abstract excerpt
Ticks cause substantial production losses for beef and dairy cattle. Cattle resistance to ticks is one of the most important factors affecting tick control, but largely neglected due to the challenge of phenotyping. In this study, we evaluate the pooling of tick resistance phenotyped reference populations from multi-country beef cattle breeds to assess the possibility of improving host resistance through...
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