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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. Only sires were tested and selected, five to seven sires were used in each line each year, and the percentage of male kids...
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