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Variation and covariation in strongyle infection in East African shorthorn zebu calves.
Parasitology - 1 Mar 2015
Callaby R, Hanotte O, Conradie Van Wyk I, Kiara H, Toye P, Mbole-Kariuki M N, Jennings A, Thumbi S M, Coetzer J A W, de C Bronsvoort B M, Knott S A, Woolhouse M E J, Kruuk L E B
Abstract excerpt
Parasite burden varies widely between individuals within a population, and can covary with multiple aspects of individual phenotype. Here we investigate the sources of variation in faecal strongyle eggs counts, and its association with body weight and a suite of haematological measures, in a cohort of indigenous zebu calves in Western Kenya, using relatedness matrices reconstructed from single nucleotide...
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