Using an Inbred Horse Breed in a High Density Genome-Wide Scan for Genetic Risk Factors of Insect Bite Hypersensitivity (IBH)

Brandon D. Velie; Merina Shrestha; Liesbeth Franҫois; Anouk Schurink; Yohannes G. Tesfayonas; Anneleen Stinckens; Sarah Blott; Bart J. Ducro; Sofia Mikko; Ruth Thomas; June E. Swinburne; Marie Sundqvist; Susanne Eriksson; Nadine Buys; Gabriella Lindgren

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152966

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Using an Inbred Horse Breed in a High Density Genome-Wide Scan for Genetic Risk Factors of Insect Bite Hypersensitivity (IBH)

Brandon D. Velie ,

* E-mail: brandon.velie@slu.se

Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Merina Shrestha,

Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Liesbeth Franҫois,

Affiliation Research Group Livestock Genetics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Anouk Schurink,

Affiliation Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Yohannes G. Tesfayonas,

Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Anneleen Stinckens,

Affiliation Research Group Livestock Genetics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Sarah Blott,

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine & Science, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Bart J. Ducro,

Affiliation Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Sofia Mikko,

Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Ruth Thomas,

Affiliation Exmoor Pony Society, Cullompton, United Kingdom
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June E. Swinburne,

Affiliations Animal DNA Diagnostics Ltd, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom
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Marie Sundqvist,

Affiliation Östra Greda Research Group, Borgholm, Sweden
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Susanne Eriksson,

Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Nadine Buys,

Affiliation Research Group Livestock Genetics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Gabriella Lindgren

Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Using an Inbred Horse Breed in a High Density Genome-Wide Scan for Genetic Risk Factors of Insect Bite Hypersensitivity (IBH)

Brandon D. Velie,
Merina Shrestha,
Liesbeth Franҫois,
Anouk Schurink,
Yohannes G. Tesfayonas,
Anneleen Stinckens,
Sarah Blott,
Bart J. Ducro,
Sofia Mikko,
Ruth Thomas

Published: April 12, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152966

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