McHugo, Gillian P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6920-0041
Ward, James A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-5301
Ng’ang’a, Said Ismael
Frantz, Laurent A. F.
Salter-Townshend, Michael
Hill, Emmeline W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1805-2250
O’Gorman, Grace M.
Meade, Kieran G.
Hall, Thomas J.
MacHugh, David E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-4704
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI/01/F.1/B028, SFI/15/IA/3154, SFI/18/CRT/6214)
Article History
Received: 22 June 2024
Revised: 26 October 2024
Accepted: 26 October 2024
First Online: 8 November 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: For this study new Illumina<sup>®</sup> BovineHD 777 K BeadChip SNP data sets were generated for 39 individuals (23 Somba, 8 N’Dama and 8 Boran). The Somba individuals were obtained from DNA samples that were previously published as part of microsatellite-based surveys of cattle genetic diversity in the early 1990s and the N’Dama and Boran individuals were obtained from unpublished DNA samples collected during a time-course infection experiment carried out in 2003. This livestock DNA sampling work was completed prior to the requirement for Institutional Permission in Ireland, which is based on European Union Directive 2010/63/EU; however, all efforts were made to ensure ethical handling of all animal subjects.