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J. Dairy Sci. 89:1784-1791
© American Dairy Science Association, 2006.

Influence of Prion Protein Genotypes on Milk Production Traits in Spanish Churra Sheep

L. Álvarez, B. Gutiérrez-Gil, F. San Primitivo, L. F. de la Fuente and J. J. Arranz1

Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, 24071, León, Spain

1 Corresponding author: jjarranz{at}unileon.es

The aim of this work was to analyze the possible relationships between milk production traits and prion protein genotypes in Spanish Churra sheep. For this purpose, 2 analyses were carried out. First, an association study was performed of the prion protein genotypes of 12,533 Churra ewes and their milk yield, protein percentage, fat percentage, and somatic cell score as phenotypes, followed by a quantitative trait loci screening on the chromosome where the prion protein gene was located in this population. The latter analysis was carried out using 8 genetic markers (7 microsatellites and the prion protein genotypes) spanning ovine chromosome 13 using a daughter design. Regarding genotype frequencies, the most frequent allele was ARQ (75.90%), which linked with a high susceptibility to scrapie, followed by the resistant haplotype, ARR (18.16 %). The frequency of the most susceptible allele, VRQ, was around 1%. No evidence of association or linkage between prion protein genotypes and milk traits has been detected in Churra sheep. These results indicate that increasing the ARR frequency in Churra population will not have an adverse effect on selection for milk traits included in the breeding objectives. However, the low allele frequencies for ARR should be considered in the initial stages to prevent possible bottlenecks in future genetic progress.

Key Words: Churra dairy sheep • prion protein gene • milk production • scrapie resistance




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