Identification of a short region on chromosome 6 affecting direct calving ease in Piedmontese cattle breed.

Calving in cattle is affected by calf morphology and by dam characteristics. It is described by two different traits: maternal calving ease, which is the ability to generate dams with good physiological predisposition to calving, and direct calving ease, which is the ability to generate calves that...

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Main Authors: Silvia Bongiorni, Giordano Mancini, Giovanni Chillemi, Lorraine Pariset, Alessio Valentini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3514265?pdf=render