This book synthesizes existing knowledge of the process of domestication and how captive
breeding and management of wild and domestic animals have affected their behaviour and …

In the previous chapters, we discussed the way that the welfare of cattle can be affected by
how they are housed and fed as well as by the short-term procedures that are done to them …

Summary The ancestry of New World cattle was investigated through the analysis of
mitochondrial and Y chromosome variation in Creoles from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico …

Cattle were first introduced to the Western Hemisphere in 1493 and by subsequent
introductions from the Iberian Peninsula, providing the genetic background of the American …

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is the etiological agent of enzootic bovine leukosis, which is the
most common neoplastic disease of cattle. Bovine leukocyte antigen (BoLA) is strongly …

Background Brazil holds the largest commercial cattle populations worldwide. Local cattle
breeds can be classified according to their origin, as exotic or Creole. Exotic breeds …

We sequenced exon 2 of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II DRB3 gene
from 471 individuals in four different Japanese populations of cattle (201 Japanese Black …

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 …

In cattle, bovine leukocyte antigens (BoLAs) have been extensively used as markers for
bovine diseases and immunological traits. In this study, we sequenced alleles of the BoLA …

In the present study, genetic analyses of diversity and differentiation were performed on four
Basque-Navarrese semiferal native horse breeds. In total, 417 animals were genotyped for …