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Poor inheritance of low attractiveness for Amblyomma variegatum in cattle.
Veterinary parasitology - 31 May 2007
Stachurski F
Abstract excerpt
Because of the high variability of cattle infestation, selective breeding has been proposed to control three-host ticks in Africa in the same way as it has been implemented to control the one-host tick Boophilus microplus in Australia. Interbreeding (divergent selection experiment) between Gudali zebu cattle was performed at the Wakwa Research Centre, Adamawa, Cameroon to assess the feasibility and impact of such...
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