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Title: A quantitative trait locus for faecal worm egg and blood eosinophil counts on chromosome 23 in Australian goats
Contributor(s): Bolormaa, S (author); Van Der Werf, Julius H  (author)orcid ; Walkden-Brown, Steve W  (author)orcid ; Marshall, K L (author); Ruvinsky, Anatoly (author)
Publication Date: 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00824.x
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6294
Abstract: Three microsatellite markers on goat chromosome 23 adjacent to the MHC were used to test for quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting faecal worm egg count (WEC) and leukocyte traits in ten Australian Angora and twelve Australian Cashmere half-sib families (n = 16–57 per family). Data were collected from 280 Angora and 347 Cashmere kids over a 3- and 4-year period. A putative QTL affecting trichostrongyle WEC was found in two small families at the 5% chromosome-wise threshold level. The biggest QTL effect for WEC of 1.65 standard deviations (σp) was found within the region of 'OarCP73-BM1258'. A significant QTL affecting blood eosinophil counts at the 1% chromosome–wise threshold level was detected at marker 'BM1258' (at 26 cM) in two Angora and Cashmere families. The magnitude of the putative QTL was 0.69 and 0.85 σp in Angora and Cashmere families, respectively. Due to the comparatively low power of the study these findings should be viewed as indicative rather than definitive.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 127(3), p. 207-214
Publisher: Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Place of Publication: Germany
ISSN: 1439-0388
0931-2668
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070201 Animal Breeding
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830304 Goats
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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