OMIA 000160-9913 : Cardiomyopathy in Bos taurus |
In other species:
salmonids
,
chicken
,
hedgehogs
,
dog
,
domestic cat
,
goat
,
golden hamster
Mendelian trait/disorder:
yes
Mode of inheritance:
Autosomal Recessive Lethal
Considered a defect:
yes
Key variant known:
no
Species-specific name:
Cardiomyopathy, Japanese Black cattle
Inheritance:
Watanabe et al. (1979) documented convincing evidence for autosomal recessive inheritance
Clinical features:
Sudden death after a short period (a few minutes up to a few hours) of dyspnea accompanied by a groan, in calves usually less than 30 days old
Reference
1979 | Watanabe, S., Akita, T., Itakura, C., Goto, M. : | |
Evidence for a new lethal gene causing cardiomyopathy in Japanese Black calves Journal of Heredity 70:255-258, 1979. Pubmed reference: 489954. |
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- Created by on 17 May 2006
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