VARIANT RS475678587C>T OF THE UBE3B GENE (HAPLOTYPE AH1) IN AYRSHIRE CATTLE INCREASES THE RISK OF STILLBIRTH IN DAUGHTERS OF MALE CARRIERS
Abstract
The aim of our study was to analyze the reproduction dynamics and fertility rates of the Ayrshire cattle population in Russia and to assess the level of influence of the AH1 haplotype on the incidence of stillbirth. For an overall fertility estimate, we used 390,769 records of 67 dairy herds in Russia from 2003 to 2018. Against the background of stable population growth, the average stillbirth rate was 3.33% and the abortion rate was 0.075%. A high percentage of stillbirth (5.13%) from heifers the first fertilization event, and there was a high rate of abortions in older cows (11 calving, 1.76%). An analysis of 62,534 records of bulls with the rs475678587C>T variant of UBE3B gene (AH1 haplotype) (n = 69, of which 51 bulls were free from and 18 were carriers of AH1) for the period 2002 to 2018 showed that the proportion of female offspring of AH1-C bulls completing at least one full period of lactation was about one-third of the total livestock. An analysis of the results of mating with AH-F and AH-C bulls for the broodstock as a whole (without taking into account the female genotype) did not reveal significant differences in the number of stillbirths and abortions. Linear regression analysis showed that the status of AH1 bulls did not significantly affect stillbirth rates. An analysis of the results of calving and the reproductive ability of the offspring of AH-C bulls showed an increase in the frequency of stillbirths, confirmed by the results of linear regression analysis, which revealed a significant effect of bull fathers carrying AH1on the proportion of stillbirths experienced by their daughters. Our studies confirm that the rs475678587C>T variant of the UBE3B gene (haplotype AH1) has a significant effect on the rate of stillbirth of a cow or heifer if their father is a carrier of this genetic defect.
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