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Genetic resistance to Sarcocystis miescheriana in pigs following experimental infection.
Veterinary parasitology - 10 Apr 2007
Reiner G, Hepp S, Hertrampf B, Kliemt D, Mackenstedt U, Daugschies A, Zahner H
Abstract excerpt
Clinical and parasitological traits of Sarcocystis miescheriana differ in Pietrain and Meishan pigs. For further description and characterization of the genetic basis of this variation a F(2) family based on Pietrain boars and Meishan sows as founders was generated. One hundred and thirty-nine F(2) pigs were challenged orally at an age of 100 days with 50,000 sporozysts to produce the typical clinical picture of...
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