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Risk factor meta-analysis and Bayesian estimation of genetic parameters and breeding values for hypersensibility to cutaneous habronematidosis in donkeys.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Mar 2018
Navas González Francisco Javier, Jordana Vidal Jordi, Camacho Vallejo María Esperanza, León Jurado Jose Manuel, de la Haba Giraldo Manuel Rafael, Barba Capote Cecilio, Delgado Bermejo Juan Vicente
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous habronematidosis (CH) is a highly prevalent seasonally recurrent skin disease that affects donkeys as a result from the action of spirurid stomach worm larvae. Carrier flies mistakenly deposit these larvae on previous skin lesions or on the moisture of natural orifices, causing distress and inflicting relapsing wounds to the animals. First, we carried out a meta-analysis of the predisposing factors that...
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