Associations of the bovine major histocompatibility complex DRB3 (BoLA-DRB3) alleles with occurrence of disease and milk somatic cell score in Canadian dairy cattle

Animal Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Sharif, S ^a   Mallard, B A ^a   Wilkie, B N ^a   Sargeant, J M ^a,b   Scott, H M ^a   Dekkers, J C M ^a,c   Leslie, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine leucocyte antigen; Disease associations; Mastitis; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DIGESTION; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; ENDONUCLEASE; EXON; GENETIC MARKER; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MASTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CANADA; CATTLE; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032104537     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.1998.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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