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Low incidence of citrullinemia carriers among dairy cattle of the United States.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 1993
Robinson J L, Burns J L, Magura C E, Shanks R D
Abstract excerpt
Bovine citrullinemia is an autosomal recessive disorder that is lethal in the early postnatal period. Dairy bulls from the US were screened for citrullinemia genotype with a mutation-specific assay of semen or leukocyte DNA. One heterozygote was detected among 367 US Holstein bulls tested, corresponding to an incidence of .3%; DNA sequencing showed that this bull (bull C) was heterozygous for the...
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