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A one shot blood phenotype can identify sheep that resist Haemonchus contortus challenge.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Oct 2014
Andronicos Nicholas M, Henshall John M, Le Jambre Leo F, Hunt Peter W, Ingham Aaron B
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal nematodes remain a major limitation to the productivity of livestock systems. Selective breeding to produce populations that have an enhanced ability to resist infection is a viable and ongoing option to reduce this impact. The development of new phenotypes that facilitate this process is therefore of great interest. For this reason we explored relationships between haematological parameters and...
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