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Table 2 Prnp haplotype allele frequencies for codons 210 and 211

From: Prevalence of the prion protein gene E211K variant in U.S. cattle

  

Allele frequenciesa

Cattle tested

Animals

cE211

tE211

Total

6062

0.984

0.016

   Cattle from commercial beef processing plants

3892

0.982

0.018

California (n = 1)

392

0.980

0.020

Nebraska (n = 2)

1615

0.999

0.001

Texas, panhandle (n = 1)

588

0.959

0.041

Texas, south (n = 1)

1297

0.971

0.029

   Registered purebred cattle

2170

0.987

0.013

From cow-calf herds

714

0.994

0.006

Angus (7 herds, 4 midwestern states)

330

0.997

0.003

Santa Gertrudis (1 Texas herd)

384

0.991

0.009

From cattle with diverse pedigrees

1456

0.984

0.016

Angus

60

1.000

0.000

Ankole-Watusi

30

1.000

0.000

Ayrshire

27

1.000

0.000

Beefmaster

32

1.000

0.000

Belgian Blue

26

1.000

0.000

Blonde D'Aquitaine

24

1.000

0.000

Brahman

59

0.856

0.144

Brahmousin

24

0.979

0.021

Brangus

27

0.933

0.067

Braunvieh

29

1.000

0.000

Brown Swiss

30

1.000

0.000

Charolais

39

1.000

0.000

Chianinab

27

1.000

0.000

Corriente

30

1.000

0.000

Gelbvieh

41

1.000

0.000

Guernsey

30

1.000

0.000

Hereford

35

1.000

0.000

Highland

24

1.000

0.000

Holstein

190

1.000

0.000

Jersey

39

1.000

0.000

Limousin

31

1.000

0.000

Maine-Anjou

29

1.000

0.000

Marchigiana

39

1.000

0.000

Mini-Hereford

24

1.000

0.000

Mini-Zebu

27

0.926

0.074

Montbeliard

24

1.000

0.000

Murray Grey

22

1.000

0.000

Nelore

24

0.750

0.250

Piedmontese

22

1.000

0.000

Pinzgauer

24

1.000

0.000

Red Angus

30

1.000

0.000

Red Poll

24

1.000

0.000

Romagnola

26

1.000

0.000

Salers

29

1.000

0.000

Santa Gertrudis

51

0.951

0.049

Senepol

25

0.940

0.060

Shorthorn

29

1.000

0.000

Simmental

41

1.000

0.000

Tarentaise

28

1.000

0.000

Texas Longhorn

28

1.000

0.000

Tuli

33

1.000

0.000

Wagyu

23

1.000

0.000

  1. aK211 alleles were not detected in any cattle tested here. Abbreviations for the haplotype sequences of codons 210 and 211: cE211, acC-Gaa; tE211, acT-Gaa.
  2. bMixture of 100% Chianina and Chi-Angus.