Inheritance of vertical fiber hide defect in cattle.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110301

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Inheritance of vertical fiber hide defect in cattle.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Cundiff L V, Buechler P R, Hannigan M V, Everett A L, Dahms M P

Abstract excerpt

Inheritance of vertical fiber hide defect (VFHD), a structural defect in collagen fiber orientation that causes weakness and reduced value of leather, was examined using histological data on hide biopsies obtained from 465 Hereford cattle by 65 sires. The data set included 44 offspring-dam pairs,...

Topics

Animals
Biopsy
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Collagen Diseases
Female
Male
Phenotype
Skin Diseases

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