| Grant number: | 12/01502-7 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |
| Start date: | July 01, 2012 |
| End date: | March 31, 2013 |
| Field of knowledge: | Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Genetics and Improvement of Domestic Animals |
| Principal Investigator: | Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano |
| Grantee: | Polyana Cristine Tizioto |
| Supervisor: | Jeremy Francis Taylor |
| Host Institution: | Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil |
| Institution abroad: | University of Missouri, Columbia (UM), United States |
| Associated to the scholarship: | 10/06515-4 - Prospection and validation of SNPs in candidate genes for meat tenderness in reference families of Nellore breed, BP.DR |
Abstract Bovine respiratory disease is a major problem for the U.S. beef and dairy industry. Selection of BRD-resistant cattle is ultimately the most sustainable approach to reducing the incidence of disease, as resistant animals have improved animal welfare, decreased use of therapeutic antibiotics, have superior production efficiency, require less handling, and are ultimately more profitable. Recent developments in molecular genetics and genotyping platforms offer a unique opportunity to identify a large number of the loci and genomic rearrangements associated with the spectrum of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) pathogens. The research objective of this proposal is to identify genetic loci associated with BRD using RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) to obtain information about genome-wide gene expression profiles within the sampled tissues. (AU) | |
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