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Genetic parameters of resistance to pasteurellosis using novel response traits in rabbits.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 26 Jun 2020
Shrestha Merina, Garreau Hervé, Balmisse Elodie, Bed'hom Bertrand, David Ingrid, Guitton Edouard, Helloin Emmanuelle, Lenoir Guillaume, Maupin Mickaël, Robert Raphaël, Lantier Frédéric, Gunia Mélanie
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pasteurellosis (Pasteurella infection) is one of the most common bacterial infections in rabbits on commercial farms and in laboratory facilities. Curative treatments using antibiotics are only partly efficient, with frequent relapses. Breeding rabbits for improved genetic resistance to pasteurellosis is a sustainable alternative approach. In this study, we infected 964 crossbred rabbits from six sire...
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