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Inbreeding depression for producer-recorded udder, metabolic, and reproductive diseases in US dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2024
Lozada-Soto Emmanuel A, Parker Gaddis Kristen L, Tiezzi Francesco, Jiang Jicai, Ma Li, Toghiani Sajjad, VanRaden Paul M, Maltecca Christian
Abstract excerpt
This study leveraged a growing dataset of producer-recorded phenotypes for mastitis, reproductive diseases (metritis and retained placenta), and metabolic diseases (ketosis, milk fever, and displaced abomasum) to investigate the potential presence of inbreeding depression for these disease traits. Phenotypic, pedigree, and genomic information were obtained for 354,043 and 68,292 US Holstein and Jersey cows,...
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