Browsing Genetics (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Bovine tuberculosis (bTB)"
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A genome-wide association study for genetic susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection in dairy cattle identifies a susceptibility QTL on chromosome 23
(2016)Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection in cattle is a significant economic concern in many countries, with annual costs to the UK and Irish governments of approximately €190 million and €63 million, respectively, ... -
Variance components for bovine tuberculosis infection and multi-breed genome-wide association analysis using imputed whole genome sequence data
(2019)Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle generally caused by Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium that can elicit disease humans. Since the 1950s, the objective of the national bTB eradication program in ...