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Accurate genomic predictions for chronic wasting disease in North American elk.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 5 Aug 2026
Seabury Christopher M, Bhattarai Eric K, Brun Marcel, Johnson Charles D, Haley Nicholas J, Mitchell Gordon B, Nichols Tracy A
Abstract excerpt
The geographic expansion of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in North American elk (Cervus canadensis) has not been well mitigated by traditional best management practices, diagnostic surveillance, and depopulation of positive herds. Using a custom Affymetrix Axiom genetic variant array, we demonstrate that differential susceptibility to CWD is highly heritable (h2=0.630±0.061-0.678±0.056) among farmed North...
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