Trypanosomosis: Potential driver of selection in African cattle

Trypanosomosis: Potential driver of selection in African cattle

Trypanosomosis is a serious cause of reduction in productivity of cattle in tsetse-fly infested areas. Baoule and other local Taurine cattle breeds in Burkina Faso are trypanotolerant. Zebuine cattle, which are also kept there are susceptible to trypanosomosis but bigger in body size. Farmers have c...

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Main Authors: Anamarija eSmetko, Albert eSoudre, Katja eSilbermayr, Simone eMueller, Gottfried eBrem, Olivier eHanotte, Paul eBoettcher, Alessandra eStella, Gábor eMészáros, Maria eWurzinger, Ino eCurik, Mathias eMueller, Jörg eBurgstaller, Johann eSölkner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
tolerance
admixture
composite
trypanosome
Zebu
Baoule
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2015.00137/full

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