Floriot, Sandrine
Fritz, Sébastien
Herry, Vincent
Beauvallet, Christian
Boussaha, Mekki
Egidy, Giorgia
Duchesne, Amandine
Vilotte, Marthe
Cadiergues, Marie-Christine
Boichard, Didier
Schelcher, François
Vilotte, Jean-Luc
Funding for this research was provided by:
ANR (BOVANO-ANR-14-CE19-0011)
Article History
Received: 2 September 2025
Accepted: 9 December 2025
First Online: 7 January 2026
Declarations
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: The present work complies with INRAE Animal Care Committee’s rules and the requirements of Directive 86/609 of the European Community Council. No experiment was realized on life animals. All diagnostic and therapeutic procedures were performed by licensed veterinarians in the course of routine veterinary health management. All protocols (clinical and laboratory) implemented were in accordance with international principles and protocols for animal usage.Consent to participate was not applicable as calves were client-owned and the owners all expressed their interest in finding out the cause of the disease. Affected animals were reported to the ONAB ( ) by their owners or their veterinarian with the full consent of the owner.The semen sample of the ancestor was provided by AURIVA breeding company for sequencing purpose. All genotypes of the control population were produced for genomic selection purpose and their use was allowed for this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.