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Breeding for disease resistance in farm animals / edited by Stephen C. Bishop ... [et al.]. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge, MA : Cabi, c2010. - viii, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Edited by Stephen C. Bishop, Roger F.E. Axford, Frank W. Nichols and John B. Owen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Viral diseases in pigs / Joan K. Lunney -- Breeding for resistance to viral diseases in salmonids / Thomas Moen -- Genetics of mastitis in dairy ruminants / R. Rupp and G. Foucras -- 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.

ISBN: 9781845935559 (alk. paper) : US$180

LCCN: 2010017272

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Livestock--Breeding.
Livestock--Genetics.
Veterinary immunogenetics.
Livestock breeding.

LC Class. No.: SF105 / .B696 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 636.089/6079

National Agricultural Library Call No.: SF105 / .B697 2010