ArticleJournal of animal science2025
Genetic parameter estimates of liver abscesses in feedlot beef cattle.
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- Genomic prediction and genome-wide association study for liver abscesses in crossbred beef cattle.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
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Abstract
The primary reason livers are condemned is due to abscesses, which are visible lesions detected on the liver during routine harvest of the animal. Condemned livers are deemed not fit for human consumption, and result in over $15M in lost income to the U.S. beef industry each year. Liver scoring is a 4-level measurement of abscess severity: 0 (no abscesses), A- (mild: 1 to 2 small abscesses), A (moderate: 2 to 4 active abscesses), and A+ (severe: 1 or more large, active abscesses). We quantified the degree to which known sources of variation, including genomic differences among animals, contribute to the incidence of liver abscesses in 1,747 feedlot cattle fed a range of diets. Diets were grouped based on corn type (dry-rolled corn [DRC], high-moisture corn [HMC], DRC/HMC or steam-flaked corn [SFC]) and byproduct (none, modified distillers grains plus solubles [MDGS], and Sweet Bran fed at 20%, 35%, or 40%). A common set of SNP (n = 44,666) from the Illumina BovineSNP50 v2 and GGP Bovine 100K were used for genomic analyses. The posterior mean (posterior standard deviation) heritability estimate of liver score was 0.10 (0.05). Within-diet heritability estimates were not significantly different from zero but ranged from 0.02 (0.02) (MDGS) to 0.29 (0.32) (Sweet Bran fed at 35%). A BayesB Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) with showed that liver score is a very polygenic trait with no large effect quantitative trait loci (QTL) segregating in this population. The genetic and phenotypic correlations of liver score with hot carcass weight, 12th rib fat, longissimus muscle area, or marbling score were not significantly different from zero. Results from the current study show that genomic selection for reduced liver score could be a useful tool to reduce the occurrence of liver abscesses in feedlot cattle, alongside current mitigation strategies; however, more data are needed to gain a better understanding of the genetic basis of liver score, as well as the relationship between liver score and other economically relevant traits, and potential genetic × diet interactions.
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