Release 56
(Apr 24, 2025)

Sheep Trait Details: Fecal egg count

QTLdb Trait Hierarchy

Trait Class:Health
Trait Type: Parasite Resistance
Trait Name: Fecal egg count
Trait ID:3166
Abbreviation:FECGEN
Custom Name:n/a
Related / Reported traits:
(Figures in parenthesis are the number of data associated with)
Fecal egg count (107) // Eggs per worm (1) // Fec ebv (7) // Fecal egg count (19) // Haemonchus contortus fec1 (21) // Haemonchus contortus fec2 (24) // Nematodirus fec average (1) // Nematodirus fec1 (august) (2) // Nematodirus fec2 (september) (1) // Nematodirus fec3 (october) (1) // Nematodirus fec (5) // Strongyle fec average (1) // Strongyle fec3 (1) // Strongyle fec (2) // Trichostrongylus colubriformis fec1 (4) // Trichostrongylus colubriformis fec2 (5)
Description:Number of nematode eggs in feces, from multiple or unspecified types of parasite (a measure of nematode parasite resistance)
Measurement:count
Scale/Unit:n/a
Comments:n/a

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Links to Formal Trait Ontology

Vertebrate Trait Ontology:[VT:0010437] Response to parasitic infection trait
Product Trait Ontology: (n/a)
Clinical Measurement Ontology:[CMO:0002544] Fecal parasite egg count
  • The Vertebrate Trait (VT) Ontology is a controlled vocabulary for the description of traits (measurable or observable characteristics) pertaining to the morphology, physiology, or development of vertebrate organisms
  • The Clinical Measurement Ontology (CMO) is designed to be used to standardize morphological and physiological measurement records generated from clinical and model organism research and health programs.
  • Product Trait (PT) Ontology is a controlled vocabulary for the description of traits (measurable or observable characteristics) pertaining to products produced by or obtained from the body of an agricultural animal or bird maintained for use and profit.
REFERENCE
Park CA, Bello SM, Smith CL, Hu ZL, Munzenmaier DH, Nigam R, Smith JR, Shimoyama M, Eppig JT, Reecy JM. (2013) The Vertebrate Trait Ontology: a controlled vocabulary for the annotation of trait data across species. Journal of Biomedical Semantics 2013, 4(1):13.

 

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