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Heritability estimates of distichiasis in Staffordshire bull terriers using pedigrees and genome-wide SNP data.
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica - 21 Nov 2022
Joergensen Dina, Madsen Per, Ropstad Ernst-Otto, Lingaas Frode
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BACKGROUND: Distichiasis is the most frequently recorded eye disorder in the Norwegian Staffordshire bull terrier (SBT). The condition is often mild but can, in severe cases, lead to pain and blindness. The current study's main purpose was to estimate the heritability based on pedigree information as well as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to evaluate whether it is realistic to reduce the frequency by...
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