Pathway analysis on the 98 candidate genes revealed a significant enrichment of the toxoplasmosis (bta05145; TGFβ2/CHUK/CIITA/SOCS1) and TNF-signaling (bta04668; TRAF5/CREB5/CASP7/CHUK) pathways with four proteins matching each route. The gene discussed is SOCS1; the disease is toxoplasmosis.