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Association between the bovine major histocompatibility complex and chronic posterior spinal paresis--a form of ankylosing spondylitis--in Holstein bulls.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 1993
Park C A, Hines H C, Monke D R, Threlfall W T
Abstract excerpt
A highly significant association was found between the bovine MHC class I antigen BoLA-A8 and a form of vertebral osteophytosis/ankylosing spondylitis known as chronic posterior spinal paresis (PSP) in Holstein bulls (P < 0.001). In a population study, restricted to unrelated bulls, BoLA-A8 was significantly associated with PSP (P = 0.0015) with a relative risk of 34.6. In a family study, one PSP bull, BoLA...
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