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A Genome-Wide Association Study for Resistance to Tropical Theileriosis in Two ...
Valente, Diana; Serra, Octávio; Carolino, Nuno; Gomes, Jacinto; Coelho, Ana Cláudia; Espadinha, Pedro; Pais, José; Carolino, InêsThe control of Tropical Theileriosis, a tick-borne disease with a strong impact on cattle breeding, can be facilitated using marker-assisted selection in breeding programs. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using high-density arrays are extremely important for the ongoing process of identifying genomic variants associated with resistance to Theileria annulata infection. In this work, single-nucleotide poly...
Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Theileria annulata Infection in Two...
Valente, Diana; Dutra, Ana Paula; Carolino, Nuno; Gomes, Jacinto; Coelho, Ana Cláudia; Espadinha, Pedro; Pais, José; Carolino, InêsTropical Bovine Theileriosis is an important tick-borne disease. This study aims to assess the occurrence of Theileria annulata infection in two indigenous Portuguese cattle breeds. A total of 843 blood samples collected from animals of Alentejana (n = 420) and Mertolenga (n = 423) breeds were analyzed. The detection of Theileria annulata was determined by amplification of a fragment of the merozoite-pyroplasm ...
Estrutura demográfica e genética da raça bovina Alentejana
Rodrigues, Francisco; Vicente, António; Espadinha, Pedro; Carolino, NunoA caracterização demográfica permite ajudar a combater a erosão genética animal, permitindo a utilização, de forma sustentável, dos recursos genéticos, delineando estratégias de conservação/ melhoramento. Estimaram-se vários indicadores demográficos de diversidade genética para a raça Alentejana, obtidos por análise de genealogias, baseado no Livro Genealógico (LG), desde 1990. Atualmente o LG inclui 21746 fême...