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Breeding for disease resistance in farm animals / edited by Stephen C. Bishop ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Bishop, S. C. (Stephen C.) | C.A.B. InternationalMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: 2010Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781845935559 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Livestock -- Breeding | Livestock -- Genetics | Veterinary immunogeneticsDDC classification: 636.089/6079 LOC classification: SF105 | .B696 2010

Contents:

The immune system / Pete Kaiser -- Modelling farm animal diseases / Stephen C. Bishop -- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies / Nora Hunter and Wilfred Goldmann -- Viral diseases in chickens / Hans Cheng -- Bovine viral diseases: the role of host genetics / Elizabeth J. Glass, Rebecca Baxter, Richard Leach and Geraldine Taylor -- Genetics of mastitis in dairy ruminants / R. Rupp and G. Foucras -- Viral diseases in pigs / Joan K. Lunney -- Breeding for resistance to viral diseases in salmonids / Thomas Moen -- Salmonella in chickens / Susan J. Lamont -- Escherichia coli and Salmonella in pigs / Inger Edfors and Montserrat Torremorell -- Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine footrot / Herman W. Raadsma and Joanne Conington -- Breeding for resistance to nematode infections / Michael J. Stear -- Ticks and tick-borne diseases in cattle / Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano and Kishore Prayaga -- Metabolic diseases in sheep and cattle / Chris A. Morris and Sin H. Phua -- Genetics of metabolic diseases in poultry / Paul M. Hocking.

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