The detection of a mutation of CD18 gene in bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD).

doi:10.1292/jvms.55.145

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The detection of a mutation of CD18 gene in bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD).

The Journal of veterinary medical science - 1 Feb 1993

Tajima M, Irie M, Kirisawa R, Hagiwara K, Kurosawa T, Takahashi K

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Two calves (5 and 9 months old) affected with pneumonia and gingivitis were also diagnosed as having bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD). The gene of leukocyte adhesion molecule CD18 in these BLAD calves and their dams (carrier) were examined by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) an...

Topics

Animals
Antigens, CD
Base Sequence
CD18 Antigens
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Receptors, Leukocyte-Adhesion

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