In agricultural sciences as in all other areas of life science, the implementation of proteomics
and other post-genomic tools is an important step towards more detailed understanding of …

Background Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are contiguous lengths of homozygous genotypes
that are present in an individual due to parents transmitting identical haplotypes to their …

Increased disease rates are commonly reported among high-yielding dairy cows in the
transition period, extending from 3weeks before to 3weeks after calving, and characterized …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) based on high throughput SNP genotyping
technologies open a broad avenue for exploring genes associated with milk production traits …

Milk and dairy products are central elements in the human diet. It is estimated that 108 kg of
milk per year are consumed per person worldwide. Therefore, dairy production represents a …

Clinical mastitis (CM) is one of the health disorders with large impacts on dairy farming
profitability and animal welfare. The objective of this study was to perform a genome-wide …

Background Improving resistance to mastitis, one of the costliest diseases in dairy
production, has become an important objective in dairy cattle breeding. However, mastitis …

Mastitis is a mammary disease that frequently affects dairy cattle. Despite considerable
research on the development of effective prevention and treatment strategies, mastitis …

Mastitis is an infectious disease mainly caused by bacteria invading the mammary gland.
Genetic control of susceptibility to mastitis has been widely evidenced in dairy ruminants, but …

Bovine Johne's disease (JD), caused by Mycobacterium avium spp. paratuberculosis (MAP),
causes significant losses to the dairy and beef cattle industries. Effective vaccination or …