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Divergent ghrelin expression patterns in sheep genetically resistant or susceptible to gastrointestinal nematodes.
Veterinary parasitology - 27 Sept 2011
Ingham Aaron, Menzies Moira, Hunt Peter, Reverter Antonio, Windon Ross, Andronicos Nicholas
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Gastrointestinal nematodes are a major problem for pastoral ruminant production systems. This problem could be reduced by the application of breeding strategies that select for nematode resistant sheep, but no suitable molecular markers are available. Research selection flocks containing lines that are resistant (R) or susceptible (S) to gastrointestinal nematodes provide an excellent resource for discovering...
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