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The genetic basis of natural antibody titers of young healthy pigs and relationships with disease resilience.
BMC genomics - 22 Sept 2020
Chen Yulu, Tibbs-Cortes Laura E, Ashley Carolyn, Putz Austin M, Lim Kyu-Sang, Dyck Michael K, Fortin Frederic, Plastow Graham S, Dekkers Jack C M, Harding John C S
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BACKGROUND: Disease resilience is the ability to maintain performance under pathogen exposure but is difficult to select for because breeding populations are raised under high health. Selection for resilience requires a trait that is heritable, easy to measure on healthy animals, and genetically correlated with resilience. Natural antibodies (NAb) are important parts of the innate immune system and are found to...
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