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Genetic growth potential interacts with nutrition on the ability of mice to cope with Heligmosomoides bakeri infection.
Parasitology - 1 Aug 2009
Coltherd J C, Bünger L, Kyriazakis I, Houdijk J G M
Abstract excerpt
Artificial selection for improved productivity may reduce an animal's ability to cope with pathogens. Here, we used Roslin mice, uniquely divergently selected for high (ROH) and low (ROL) body weight, to assess interactive effects of differing growth potential and protein nutrition on host resilience and resistance. In a 2 x 2 x 6 factorial design, ROH and ROL mice were either sham-infected or infected with 250...
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