Article
Genetic resistance to parasitic infection.
Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) - 1 Apr 1998
Stear M J, Wakelin D
Abstract excerpt
The ability of animals to resist infections with parasites is genetically determined and therefore variable between individuals or breeds of a given host species. Such variation may involve innate (non-immunological) and acquired (immunologically mediated) resistance mechanisms, and is determined...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Immunity, Innate
- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
- Nematode Infections
- Parasitic Diseases
- Sheep
- Sheep Diseases