TY - JOUR AU - Beecher, Christine AU - Daly, Mairead AU - Childs, Stuart AU - Berry, Donagh P. AU - Magee, David A. AU - McCarthy, Tommie V. AU - Giblin, Linda PY - 2010 DA - 2010/11/05 TI - Polymorphisms in bovine immune genes and their associations with somatic cell count and milk production in dairy cattle JO - BMC Genetics SP - 99 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Mastitis, an inflammation of the mammary gland, is a major source of economic loss on dairy farms. The aim of this study was to quantify the associations between two previously identified polymorphisms in the bovine toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and chemokine receptor 1 (CXCR1) genes and mammary health indictor traits in (a) 246 lactating dairy cow contemporaries representing five breeds from one research farm and (b) 848 Holstein-Friesian bulls that represent a large proportion of the Irish dairy germplasm. To expand the study, a further 14 polymorphisms in immune genes were included for association studies in the bull population. SN - 1471-2156 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-11-99 DO - 10.1186/1471-2156-11-99 ID - Beecher2010 ER -