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Genetic correlations between endo-parasite phenotypes and economically important traits in dairy and beef cattle.
Journal of animal science - 6 Mar 2018
Twomey Alan J, Carroll Rebecca I, Doherty Michael L, Byrne Noel, Graham David A, Sayers Riona G, Blom Astrid, Berry Donagh P
Abstract excerpt
Parasitic diseases have economic consequences in cattle production systems. Although breeding for parasite resistance can complement current control practices to reduce the prevalence globally, there is little knowledge of the implications of such a strategy on other performance traits. Records on individual animal antibody responses to Fasciola hepatica, Ostertagia ostertagi, and Neospora caninum were available...
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