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The effect of genetic selection for Johne’s disease resistance in dairy cattle: Results of a genetic-epidemiological model
17 Feb 2014
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The objective of this study was to model genetic selection for Johne's disease resistance and to study the effect of different selection strategies on the prevalence in the dairy cattle population. In the Netherlands, a certification-and-surveillance program is in use to reduce prevalence and presence of sources of infection in milk by culling ELISA-positive dairy cows in infected herds. To investigate the...
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