Identification of single-nucleotide variants associated with susceptibility to Salmonella in pigs using a genome-wide association approach.

Corinne H SchutAbdolvahab FarzanRussell S FraserMargaret H Ainslie-GarciaRobert M FriendshipBrandon N Lillie

Published in: BMC veterinary research (2020)

Further study of the variants and genes identified may improve our understanding of neutrophil recruitment, intracellular killing of bacteria, and/or susceptibility to Salmonella and may help future efforts to reduce Salmonella on-farm through genetic approaches.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
listeria monocytogenes
copy number
genome wide association
genome wide
quality improvement
current status
dna methylation
reactive oxygen species
gene expression
transcription factor