OMIA:000425-9940 : Haemonchus contortus, resistance to (Golden ram effect) in Ovis aries |
Categories: Immune system phene
Links to MONDO diseases: No links.
Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown
Considered a defect: no
Species-specific description: In a large-scale investigation of the quantitative genetics of resistance and resiliance to Haemonchus contortus in Merino sheep, Albers et al. (1987) observed one 'outlier' sire (dubbed the "golden ram") whose progeny exhibited extremely high resistance. The evidence justified a tentative conclusion that this sire was carrying a major gene for resistance. Unfortunately, such a gene failed to materialise in studies of subsequent generations.
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 1987 | Albers, G.A.A., Gray, G.D., Piper, L.R., Barker, J.S.F., Le Jambre, L.F., Barger, I.A. : |
| The genetics of resistance and resilience to Haemonchus contortus infection in young Merino sheep International Journal for Parasitology 17:1355-1363, 1987. Pubmed reference: 3429127 . | |
| Gray, G.D. : | |
| Genetic resistance to haemonchosis in sheep Parasitology Today 3:253-255, 1987. |
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