Selection for immune response in goats: the antibody response to diphtheria toxoid after 12 years of selection.

doi:10.2527/1991.69103967x

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Selection for immune response in goats: the antibody response to diphtheria toxoid after 12 years of selection.

Journal of animal science - 1 Oct 1991

Eide D M, Adnøy T, Klemetsdal G, Nesse L L, Larsen H J

Abstract excerpt

A herd of Norwegian dairy goats was subject to selection for high and low antibody response to diphtheria toxoid for 12 yr, or approximately 5.5 generations because sires were used for one mating season, whereas dams were used several years. The herd comprised approximately 100 milking goats. Onl...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Antibody Formation
Breeding
Diphtheria Toxoid
Female
Genetic Variation
Goats
Hemagglutination Tests
Male
Phenotype

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