Heritability estimates for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis status of German Holstein cows tested by fecal culture

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2734-2739

  Kupper J ^a   Brandt, H ^a   Donat, K ^b   Erhardt, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Fecal culture; Heritability; Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERMANY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 84860239910     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4994     Document Type: Article

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