Syndrome of arachnomelia in Simmental cattle

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Buitkamp, Johannes ^a   Luntz, Bernhard ^a   Emmerling, Reiner ^a   Reichenbach, Horst Dieter ^a   Weppert, Myriam ^b   Schade, Benjamin ^c   Meier, Norbert ^c   Götz, Kay Uwe ^a  

^a Institute of Animal Breeding   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Department of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HISTOLOGY; INHERITANCE; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GERMANY, WEST; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 58149160386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-39     Document Type: Article

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