Genome-wide scan for commons SNPs affecting bovine leukemia virus infection level in dairy cattle
Abstract Background Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection is omnipresent in dairy herds causing direct economic losses due to trade restrictions and lymphosarcoma-related deaths. Milk production drops and increase in the culling rate are also relevant and usually neglected. The BLV provirus persists...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-02-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-4523-2 |