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

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Cabi, c2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781845935559 (alk. paper) :

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DDC classification:

636.089/6079 22

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 -- 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.

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Books	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	SF 105 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.033024	Available		BK00455406

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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