Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
DOI
10.3906/vet-1909-98
Abstract
In the present study, the effect of exon 3 of the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene on ovine Johne?s disease (OJD) serostatus was tested in Turkish sheep breeds. Initially, a retrospective cohort was performed using indirect ELISA on a commingled flock consisting of 3 native and 4 composite breeds (n = 1750). Case-control matched pairs were constructed according to the breed type and age (n = 188). Subsequently, exon 3 of the TLR4 gene was sequenced and coding variants were investigated. A total of 15 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were detected and 12 of those SNPs were nonsynonymous. Next, 3 haplotype blocks consisting of these SNPs were constructed. The McNemar's test was conducted on both the SNPs and haplotypes. As a consequence, within the detection limits (power, 0.95; odds ratio > 3.3), no association was detected between the OJD serostatus and TLR4 exon 3 coding variants in Turkish sheep.
Keywords
Genetic association, genetic resistance to diseases, selective breeding
First Page
542
Last Page
547
Recommended Citation
YAMAN, YALÇIN
(2020)
"Association of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR 4) gene exon 3 variants with serostatus of theovine Johne's disease (paratuberculosis) in Turkish sheep,"
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 44:
No.
3, Article 9.
https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1909-98
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol44/iss3/9
