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Adaptive immune response ranking is associated with reproductive phenotypes in grazing dairy cows divergent in genetic merit for fertility traits.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2022
Grala T M, Kuhn-Sherlock B, Crookenden M A, Walker C G, Roche J R, Price M D, Burke C R, Meier S
Abstract excerpt
A strong adaptive immune response has been reported to have positive effects on fertility; therefore, we investigated antibody- and cell-mediated adaptive immune responses (AMIR and CMIR, respectively) and their associations with reproductive phenotypes using a population of animals that differed in their estimated genetic merit for fertility traits (fertility breeding value; FertBV). Holstein-Friesian heifers (n...
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