Cattle ticks are an important constraint on livestock production, particularly in tropical and
subtropical areas. Use of synthetic acaricides is the primary method of tick control; therefore …

Background Reproductive traits such as number of stillborn piglets (SB) and number of teats
(NT) have been evaluated in many genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Most of these …

Ticks and tick-borne diseases are among the main causes of economic loss in the South
African cattle industry through high morbidity and mortality rates. Concerns of the general …

Sustainable beef production is a growing concern worldwide, particularly in arid regions
where limited natural resources availability and adverse environmental conditions pose …

The objective of this work was to characterize the Argentine Creole cattle breed through the
identification of individual phenotypic variations in the levels of infestation with …

The genetic improvement of reproductive traits such as the number of teats is essential to the
success of the pig industry. As opposite to most SNP association studies that consider …

This study was designed to obtain data on the farmer's approach to tick control and to
determine whether Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neuman, Amblyomma variegatum …

Understanding the stability of the G matrix in natural populations is fundamental for
predicting evolutionary trajectories; yet, the extent of its spatial variation and how this …

The objective of the study was to characterise genetic parameters across months for different
tick species and anatomical locations in South African Nguni cattle. Tick counts were …

Genetic correlation is the outcome of linkage disequilibrium and/or pleiotropic genes. As
such, identifying which genes take part in the genetic control of genetically correlated traits …