ASSOCIATION OF MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX ANTIGENS (BOLA-A) WITH AI BULL PROGENY TEST-RESULTS FOR MASTITIS, KETOSIS AND FERTILITY IN NORWEGIAN CATTLE

Authors
MEJDELL CM LIE O SOLBU H ARNET EF SPOONER RL
Citation
Cm. Mejdell et al., ASSOCIATION OF MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX ANTIGENS (BOLA-A) WITH AI BULL PROGENY TEST-RESULTS FOR MASTITIS, KETOSIS AND FERTILITY IN NORWEGIAN CATTLE, Animal genetics, 25(2), 1994, pp. 99-104
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity","Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Animal genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
02689146
Volume
25
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
99 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-9146(1994)25:2<99:AOMHCA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Altogether 424 Norwegian AI bulls, progeny tested for clinical mastiti s, ketosis and fertility (recorded as nonreturn percentage), were type d by Edinburgh and Oslo allo-antisera to bovine lymphocyte antigens (B oLA-A) over a 7-year period. Significant effects of BoLA-A on disease were revealed. A2 was associated with relative resistance to mastitis, a positive influence on fertility, and a possible relative resistance to ketosis, while A13 was associated with relative resistance to keto sis. The previously reported associations of A11 and w16 with relative susceptibility to mastitis were not confirmed in the present material .