India is one the world's five largest producers of livestock and poultry meat. The livestock
sector contributes 28% of the country's agriculture gross domestic product and about 5% of …

Bovine mastitis, the inflammation of the mammary gland, is a contagious disease
characterized by chemical and physical changes in milk and pathological changes in udder …

A cattle database of candidate genes and genetic markers for milk production and mastitis
has been developed to provide an integrated research tool incorporating different types of …

Lactation persistency (LP), defined as the rate of declining milk yield after milk peak, is an
economically important trait for dairy cattle. Improving LP is considered a good alternative …

Mastitis is a common inflammatory disease during lactation that causes reduced milk supply.
A growing body of evidence challenges the central role of pathogenic bacteria in mastitis …

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are evolutionarily conserved innate immune receptors that
recognize pathogen specific molecular pattern (PAMPs) in an efficient, non-self-reactive …

Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in mediating the immune response against
various microbes, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi, in innate and adaptive …

Background 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 …

The objective of this study was to investigate the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
within bovine binding lectin-liver (A) gene (MBL1) and to explore its correlation analysis with …

Estimating single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) effects over time is essential to identify
and validate candidate genes (or quantitative trait loci) associated with time-dependent …