Meta-analysis of heritability estimates and genome-wide association for tick-borne haemoparasites in African cattle.

ABSTRACT: The control of tick-borne haemoparasites in cattle largely relies on the use of acaricide drugs against the tick vectors, with some vaccination also being used against selected pathogens. These interventions can be difficult in Africa, where accessibility and cost of vaccines can be issues, and the increasing resistance of tick vectors to the widely used acaricides is a complication to disease control. A potential complementary control strategy could be the exploitation of any natural host genetic resistance to the pathogens. However, there are currently very few estimates of the extent of host resistance to tick-borne haemoparasites, and a significant contributing factor to this knowledge gap is likely to be the difficulty of collecting appropriate samples and data in the smallholder syst

SUBMITTER: Riggio V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10417722 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature