Project description:Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most common and costly infectious disease affecting the well-being and productivity of beef cattle in North America. BRD is a complex disease whose development is dependent on environmental factors and host genetics. Due to the polymicrobial nature of BRD, our understanding of the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the disease is still limited. This knowledge would augment the development of better genetic/genomic selection strategies and more accurate diagnostic tools to reduce BRD prevalence. Therefore, this study utilized multi-omics data (genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics) analyses to study the associations between genome, transcriptome, metabolome, and BRD phenotype of feedlot crossbred cattle. The findings may be useful for the development of genomic selection strategies for BRD susceptibility, and for the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
Project description:The nasopharyngeal microbiota of healthy cattle vs. cattle diagnosed with BRD in a commercial feedlot setting was compared using a high-density 16S rRNA microarray (Phylochip). Nasopharyngeal samples were taken from both groups of animals (n=5) at feedlot entry (day 0) and >60 days later.
Project description:Jugular whole blood samples (Tempus Blood RNA tubes) were collected and utilized from 43 cattle, specifically from all cattle diagnosed with bovine respiratory disease (BRD) during Texas backgrounding (n=32) and randomly selected cattle never treated for BRD (n=11). Total RNA was isolated from blood samples, and were library prepared and sequenced via Illumina NovaSeq 6000 S4 chemistry. Samples were bioinformatically processed in a HISAT2/StringTie2 pipeline, and stratified based on BRD diagnosis and marketing strategy (Auction versus Direct marketing and transport). Differential expression analysis was conducted in R, utilizing an additive, multifactor generalized linear model and blocking for Mississippi pasture and vaccination status. Genes were considered differentially expressed with an FDR cutoff of 0.05. The objective of this study was to identify differentially expressed genes and mechanisms within and across marketing cohorts with and without BRD.
Project description:In this study, we generated whole genome bisulfite sequencing data of 19 samples for 13 tissues in Holstein cattle. We analyzed the variations of DNA methylation among tissues. In this study, we generated whole genome bisulfite sequencing data of 6 samples for 5 tissues in Hereford cattle. We analyzed the variations of DNA methylation among tissues.
