Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals (CABI Publishing)
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Book Description
This second edition has been thoroughly updated with additional editors, authors and is no longer based on a symposium and so includes a broader range of topics. This book covers all aspects of the genetic control of disease resistance in farm animals and the utilisation of this information to
breed animals with enhanced disease resistance. It includes both metabolic and infectious diseases, including those caused or borne by viruses, bacteria, helminths, ticks and flies, in both intensive and extensive, and also tropical and temperate production systems. This provides a sound base for
the understanding of many infectious and metabolic diseases of economic importance throughout the world in all major domestic species, understanding the current knowledge of the gentic control of these diseases, and appreciation of the scope for genetic solutions to these disease problems and a
knowledge of the tools available to achieve those solutions.
Book Info
Univ. of Wales, Bangor, UK. Provides a comprehensive review of breeding for disease resistance in farm animals. Includes: principles and methods, parasites and vectors, bacteria, viruses and subviruses, and production diseases. For veterinarians and researchers. Previous edition: c1991.
Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals (CABI Publishing),R. F. E. Axford,S. C. Bishop,F. W. Nicholas,J. B. Owen,CABI Publishing,0851993257,Agriculture - Animal Husbandry,Agriculture - General,Animal Breeding,Animals,Breeding,Genetics,Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics,Livestock,Medical / Nursing,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Veterinary Immunology,Veterinary Medicine - Food Animal,Veterinary Medicine - General,Veterinary immunogentics,Agriculture | Animal Science & Veterinary Science,Animal pathology & diseases,Technology / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry,Veterinary science: large animals (domestic / farm)
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