Blood groups of Nigerian cattle. Comparative aspects
- 24 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Animal Blood Groups and Biochemical Genetics
- Vol. 10 (1) , 49-56
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.1979.tb01006.x
Abstract
Red cell antigens [from 101 Zebu, 63 Ndama and 78 Muturu (Nigerian (Bos indicus) cattle breeds)] determined by a selected battery of 37 reagents characterizing genes at 10 major loci. Results were compared with corresponding red cell antigens of a total of 257 B. taurus cattle in Norway, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Hungary and USA. The Zebu cattle, represented by the 3 subtypes Gudali, Red Bororo and Shuwa Arab, showed the highest number of red cell factors. Ndama and Muturu cattle had a significantly lower number of blood factors than the Zebu cattle. The lowest number of blood factors were found in European B. taurus breeds.Keywords
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