Characterization of functional traits with focus on udder health in heifers with divergent paternally inherited haplotypes on BTA18.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A major challenge in modern medicine and animal husbandry is the issue of antimicrobial resistance. One approach to solving this potential medical hazard is the selection of farm animals with less susceptibility to infectious diseases. Recent advances in functional genome analysis and quantitative genetics have opened the horizon to apply genetic marker information for efficiently identifying animals with preferential predisposition regarding health traits. The current study characterizes functional traits with a focus on udder health in dairy heifers. The animals were selected for having inherited alternative paternal haplotypes for a genomic region on Bos taurus chromosome (BTA) 18 genetically associated with divergent susceptibility to longevity and animal health, par

SUBMITTER: Heimes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624885 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature