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Investigating the genetic architecture of disease resilience in pigs by genome-wide association studies of complete blood count traits collected from a natural disease challenge model.
BMC genomics - 13 Jul 2021
Bai Xuechun, Yang Tianfu, Putz Austin M, Wang Zhiquan, Li Changxi, Fortin Frédéric, Harding John C S, Dyck Michael K, Dekkers Jack C M, Field Catherine J, Plastow Graham S
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BACKGROUND: Genetic improvement for disease resilience is anticipated to be a practical method to improve efficiency and profitability of the pig industry, as resilient pigs maintain a relatively undepressed level of performance in the face of infection. However, multiple biological functions are known to be involved in disease resilience and this complexity means that the genetic architecture of disease...
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