Boulling, Arnaud https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-7876
Corbeau, Julien
Grohs, Cécile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-8966
Barbat, Anne https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9264-6225
Mortier, Jérémy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-7685
Taussat, Sébastien https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3101-9471
Plassard, Vincent https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2319-6387
Leclerc, Hélène https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2103-2234
Fritz, Sébastien https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3378-1048
Leymarie, Cyril
Bourgeois-Brunel, Lorraine
Ducos, Alain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2741-9579
Guatteo, Raphaël https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6658-522X
Boichard, Didier https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0361-2961
Boussaha, Mekki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5432-4604
Capitan, Aurélien https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-0932
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (Bovano, ANR-14_CE 19-0011)
APIS-GENE (Bovano, Effitness projects)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2024
Accepted: 23 April 2025
First Online: 20 May 2025
Declarations
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: The experiments reported in this work comply with the ethical guidelines of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). No permit for experimentation was required by law (European directive 2010/63/UE) since the affected animals were not purposedly generated for this study and since all invasive exams and sampling were performed post-mortem on animals that died of natural death. Blood was collected during routine sampling (for annual prophylaxis, paternity testing, or genomic selection purposes) by trained veterinarians and following standard procedures and relevant national guidelines. All the samples and data analysed in the present study were obtained with the permission of the breeders and the “OS Race Aubrac” breed organisation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.