Prospects of breeding small ruminants for resistance to internal parasites.

doi:10.1016/s0020-7519(96)80054-3

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Prospects of breeding small ruminants for resistance to internal parasites.

International journal for parasitology - 1 Jan 2000

Woolaston R R, Baker R L

Abstract excerpt

Resistance to nematode parasites can be improved by selection, but efforts to include appropriate traits in commercial livestock breeding programs are only a recent development. Procedures for including resistance in breeding programs are similar to those involving other traits. The steps are des...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Genetic Variation
Goat Diseases
Goats
Immunity, Innate
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
Nematode Infections
Selection, Genetic
Sheep
Sheep Diseases

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