Genomic regions and pathways associated with gastrointestinal parasites resistance in Santa Ines breed adapted to tropical climate.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to estimate variance components and to identify genomic regions and pathways associated with resistance to gastrointestinal parasites, particularly Haemonchus contortus, in a breed of sheep adapted to tropical climate. Phenotypes evaluations were performed to verify resistance to gastrointestinal parasites, and were divided into two categories: i) farm phenotypes, assessing body condition score (BCS), degree of anemia assessed by the famacha chart (FAM), fur score (FS) and feces consistency (FC); and ii) lab phenotypes, comprising blood analyses for hematocrit (HCT), white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), platelets (PLT) and transformed (log₁₀) egg per gram of feces (EPG_log). A to

SUBMITTER: Berton MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5584554 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature