Browsing Research Articles (Animal and Wildlife Sciences) by Subject "Sanga cattle"

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Assessing single-nucleotide polymorphism selection methods for the development of a low-density panel optimized for imputation in South African Drakensberger beef cattle

Lashmar, Simon Frederick; Berry, Donagh P.; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Muchadeyi, Farai C.; Visser, Carina (Oxford University Press, 2021-07)

A major obstacle in applying genomic selection (GS) to uniquely adapted local breeds in less-developed countries has been the cost of genotyping at high densities of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). Cost reduction ...
Validation of the POLLED Celtic variant in South African Bonsmara and Drakensberger beef cattle breeds

Grobler, Rulien; Visser, Carina; Capitan, Aurélien; Van Marle-Koster, Este (Elsevier, 2018-11)

An increased awareness of animal welfare necessitates the breeding of genetically polled animals, especially since more than 70% of South African beef cattle are rounded off in commercial feedlots. The Bonsmara and the ...

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