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A lethal disease of the European bison - posthitis is conditionally determined by its genomics.
Scientific reports - 6 Feb 2025
Kunvar Sazia, Czarnomska Sylwia, Pertoldi Cino, Stronen Astrid V, Ruczyńska Iwona, Tokarska Małgorzata
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Posthitis is an incurable lethal disease of males of the European bison (Bison bonasus), regarded to be one of the major threats to the survival of the iconic species. Multiple attempts have been undertaken over the last 30 years to identify a source of infection and a primary pathogen. Studies indicated the disease could have a genetic background after tools developed for cattle (Bos taurus) revealed genomic...
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