Phenotypes

Bovine hereditary zinc deficiency was first described in Friesian cattle (McPherson et al., 1964) and later in Fleckvieh (Schlerka and Baumgartner, 1976), Shorthorn (Vogt et al., 1988) and Angus cattle (Cook and Gill, 1993). A likely disease causing variant has been reported for Friesian cattle (Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan and Bartlett, 2006).

Becker et al. (2020) "detected a 50-kb deletion in the targeted chromosomal region that was in the heterozygous state in the cases’ sire" in whole genome sequencing data and "confirmed that this detected deletion segregated perfectly within the family with tetradysmelia. The deletion spanned three exons of the bovine R-spondin 2 (RSPO2) gene, which encode three domains of the respective protein."

By comparing whole-genome sequence of a small number of Holsteins having the trait, with sequence data from hundreds of control animals, Capitan et al. (2014) confirmed the mapping results of Lawlor et al. (2014) and identified the causal mutation as a de novo variant BTA3 g.C9479761T, which corresponds to a missense mutation p.R160C in the COPA gene that encodes coatomer protein complex, subunit alpha. By whole-genome sequencing of a Dominant...

Khalaj et al. (2009): "A nucleotide substitution of T to A resulting in an amino acid substitution of leucine to histidine (p.Leu2153His) was identified in a highly conserved residue in the C1 domain of factor VIII. Genotyping of 254 normal animals including the pedigree of the affected animals and randomly sampled animals of different breeds confirmed that the substitution is the causative mutation of cattle haemophilia A." Analysis of whole-...

Because of the obvious homology of this disorder with the homologous human disorder, Drögemüller et al. (2001) proposed that the bovine disorder be called by the name of its human homologue, which is now done in this catalogue. The earlier names are listed here as species-specific names [Frank Nicholas 20 June 2002].