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Host genetics of response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in nursery pigs.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Sept 2017
Dekkers Jack, Rowland Raymond R R, Lunney Joan K, Plastow Graham
Abstract excerpt
PRRS is the most costly disease in the US pig industry. While vaccination, biosecurity and eradication effort have had some success, the variability and infectiousness of PRRS virus strains have hampered the effectiveness of these measures. We propose the use of genetic selection of pigs as an additional and complementary effort. Several studies have shown that host response to PRRS infection has a sizeable...
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