Selection for scrapie resistance in France : is there evidence of negative effects on production and health traits ?

Autor: Elsen, Jean Michel, Moreno, Carole, Bodin, Loys, François, Dominique, Bouix, Jacques, Barillet, Francis, Allain, Daniel, Lantier, Frédéric, Lantier, Isabelle, Schibler, Laurent, Roig, Anne, Brunel, Jean-Claude, Vitezica, Zulma
Přispěvatelé: Station d'Amélioration Génétique des Animaux (SAGA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique (UR IASP), Unité de recherche Génétique Biochimique et Cytogénétique (LGBC), Domaine expérimental Bourges-La Sapinière (BOURGES)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: 8. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
8. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Aug 2006, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Popis: International audience; Abstract: Association analyses performed on French sheep breeds were presented and discussed. A QTL approach using PRNP gene as a marker was also discussed. In association analyses, seven breeds (4 meat and 3 dairy breeds) and several traits: birth weight, growth rate, ultrasonic fat and muscle depth, carcass quality, fertility, litter size, ovulation rate, resistance to Salmonella, wool characteristics, and milk yield and contents, were studied. The QTL analyses included animals of the INRA 401 breed (30 rams, 852 ewes, 1310 lambs) measured for Salmonella resistance, wool and carcass traits. No associations were detected at the population level. A QTL on a wool trait was found to be linked to the PRNP gene (25 cM).
Databáze: OpenAIRE