It has been more than 25 years since Mycobacterium paratuberculosis was first proposed as
an etiologic agent in Crohn's disease based on the isolation of this organism from several …

Cattle production faces new challenges regarding sustainability with its three pillars–
economic, societal and environmental. The following three main factors will drive dairy cattle …

A significant gap exists between demand based on population growth and the current
trajectory of yield; this is a point of leverage for genomics.• Although traditional breeding …

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been widely applied to identify genetic
factors that affect complex diseases or traits. Presently, the GWAS Catalog includes> 2800 …

Background Breeding for enhanced immune response (IR) has been suggested as a tool to
improve inherent animal health. Dairy cows with superior antibody-mediated (AMIR) and cell …

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) causes Johne's disease or
paratuberculosis (PTB), with important animal health and economic implications. There are …

Identification of genomic regions that have been targets of selection for phenotypic traits is
one of the most challenging applications of dense marker panels in animal genetics. In this …

Paratuberculosis, or Johne's Disease (JD) is a debilitating chronic enteritis mainly affecting
ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). This organism …

Paratuberculosis in cattle is a chronic granulomatous gastroenteritis caused by
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratubercolosis (MAP) which is endemic worldwide. In dairy …

Pork quality is an economically important trait and one of the main selection criteria for
breeding in the swine industry. In this genome-wide association study (GWAS), 455 pigs …