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Genome-wide association study for host genetic factors associated with equine herpesvirus type-1 induced myeloencephalopathy.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Equid herpesvirus (EHV-1) infections in horses can lead to equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), characterised by neurological clinical signs. The sporadic occurrence of the disease in horse herds suggests a host genetic component. A recent study reported an association between the occurrence of EHM and genetic markers on horse chromosome 6 (ECA6). OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association of EHM with genetic host factors, especially with reference to the association reported for ECA6. STUDY DESIGN:Genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted based on 94 horses that had EHV-1 infections and comparing the 27 developing clinical EHM to the 67 which did not. METHODS:DNA samples were tested from 94 horses for 382,529 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with the Affymetrix Axiom 670K SNP array to identify possible associations with EHM. The data analysis included tests for basic, additive, dominant and recessive modes of inheritance, haplotype associations and runs of homozygosity (ROH). RESULTS:Results from this study did not identify significant SNPs, haplotypes or ROH associations with the development of EHM following EHV-1 infections and excluded the involvement of a recessive genetic factor in the susceptibility to develop EHM. MAIN LIMITATIONS:Sample size and complex phenotype. CONCLUSIONS:The results exclude the involvement of a recessive genetic factor in the susceptibility to develop clinically apparent EHM but do not have the power to exclude the involvement of other, complex host genetic factors. Furthermore, there was no association between development of EHM and genes on equine chromosome 6, as previously reported.

SUBMITTER: Dunuwille WMB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7586946 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome-wide association study for host genetic factors associated with equine herpesvirus type-1 induced myeloencephalopathy.

Dunuwille Wangisa M B WMB YousefiMashouf Navid N Balasuriya Udeni B R UBR Pusterla Nicola N Bailey Ernest E

Equine veterinary journal 20200406 6

<h4>Background</h4>Equid herpesvirus (EHV-1) infections in horses can lead to equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), characterised by neurological clinical signs. The sporadic occurrence of the disease in horse herds suggests a host genetic component. A recent study reported an association between the occurrence of EHM and genetic markers on horse chromosome 6 (ECA6).<h4>Objectives</h4>To investigate the association of EHM with genetic host factors, especially with reference to the associ ...[more]

PMID: 32153055

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Genome-wide association study for host genetic factors associated with equine herpesvirus type-1 induced myeloencephalopathy.

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Genome-wide association study for host genetic factors associated with equine herpesvirus type-1 induced myeloencephalopathy.

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