Article
Genetic variation in resistance to parasitic infection: experimental approaches and practical applications.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Sept 1992
Wakelin D
Abstract excerpt
Parasitic infections remain a major threat to the successful maintenance of domestic livestock. Control is still centered around management and husbandry, and the use of chemotherapeutic compounds. However, the spread of drug resistance in many important protozoal and helminth infections is placing an increasing emphasis on the development of alternative forms of control. At the present time vaccination is...
Topics
- Animals
- Genetic Variation
- Immunity, Innate
- Parasitic Diseases
- Parasitic Diseases, Animal