[en] BACKGROUND: Parasitic gastroenteritis caused by nematodes is only second to mastitis in terms of health costs to dairy farmers in developed countries. Sustainable control strategies complementing anthelmintics are desired, including selective breeding for enhanced resistance. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: To quantify and characterize the genetic contribution to variation in resistance to gastro-intestinal parasites, we measured the heritability of faecal egg and larval counts in the Dutch Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle population. The heritability of faecal egg counts ranged from 7 to 21% and was generally higher than for larval counts. We performed a whole genome scan in 12 paternal half-daughter groups for a total of 768 cows, corresponding to the approximately 10% most and least infected daughters within each family (selective genotyping). Two genome-wide significant QTL were identified in an across-family analysis, respectively on chromosomes 9 and 19, coinciding with previous findings in orthologous chromosomal regions in sheep. We identified six more suggestive QTL by within-family analysis. An additional 73 informative SNPs were genotyped on chromosome 19 and the ensuing high density map used in a variance component approach to simultaneously exploit linkage and linkage disequilibrium in an initial inconclusive attempt to refine the QTL map position.
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Agriculture & agronomy Animal production & animal husbandry Veterinary medicine & animal health Genetics & genetic processes
Author, co-author :
Coppieters, Wouter ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > Département de productions animales
Mes, Ted H M
Druet, Tom ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > GIGA-R : Génomique animale
Farnir, Frédéric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > Biostatistiques et bioinformatique appliquées aux sc. vétér.
Tamma, Nico ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > GIGA-R : Génomique animale
Schrooten, Chris
Cornelissen, Albert W C A
Georges, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > GIGA-R : Génomique animale
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