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- Title
A defect in dystrophin causes a novel porcine stress syndrome.
- Authors
Nonneman, Dan J; Brown-Brandl, Tami; Jones, Shuna A; Wiedmann, Ralph T; Rohrer, Gary A
- Abstract
Losses of slaughter-weight pigs due to transport stress are both welfare and economic concerns to pork producers. Historically, the HAL-1843 mutation in ryanodine receptor 1 was considered responsible for most of the losses; however, DNA testing has effectively eliminated this mutation from commercial herds. We identified two sibling barrows in the USMARC swine herd that died from apparent symptoms of a stress syndrome after transport at 12 weeks of age. The symptoms included open-mouth breathing, skin discoloration, vocalization and loss of mobility.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2012, Vol 13, p233
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-13-233