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Bovine tuberculosis: the genetic basis of host susceptibility.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Sept 2010
Allen A R, Minozzi G, Glass E J, Skuce R A, McDowell S W J, Woolliams J A, Bishop S C
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) in the UK remains a significant economic burden and problem for the agri-food industry. Much effort has been directed towards improving diagnostics, finding vaccine candidates and assessing the usefulness of badger culling. The contribution that host genotype makes to disease outcome has, until recently, been overlooked; yet, it is biologically untenable that genetic...
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