Angus announces discovery of new genetic condition
Story Date: 8/20/2013

Source: BEEF PRODUCERS, 8/20/13
 

The American Angus Association this month announced it has discovered the presence of a new genetic disorder, identified by Australian researchers and the University of Illinois.

The disorder, called Development Duplication, is inherited as a simple recessive gene and can result in early embryonic death or polymelia – calves born with multiple limbs

 
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