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A maximum likelihood QTL analysis reveals common genome regions controlling resistance to Salmonella colonization and carrier-state.
BMC genomics - 21 May 2012
Thanh-Son Tran, Catherine Beaumont, Nigel Salmon, Mark Fife, Pete Kaiser, Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval, Alain Vignal, Philippe Velge, Fanny Calenge
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BACKGROUND: The serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium of the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica are significant causes of human food poisoning. Fowl carrying these bacteria often show no clinical disease, with detection only established post-mortem. Increased resistance to the carrier state in commercial poultry could be a way to improve food safety by reducing the spread of these bacteria in poultry...
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