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Bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency in Danish Holstein-Friesian cattle. I. PCR screening and allele frequency estimation.
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica - 1 Jan 1993
Jørgensen C B, Agerholm J S, Pedersen J, Thomsen P D
Abstract excerpt
A screening program for bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD) in Danish Holstein-Friesian cattle has been initiated. During the first months 1611 animals were tested by a PCR based assay. Of these animals 1256, 346, and 8 were assigned normal, BLAD carriers, and BLAD affected animals, respectively. One bull, born as a co-twin, showed weak reaction for the BLAD allele on DNA isolated from leukocytes, but a...
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