Breeding for disease resistance in Merino sheep in Australia.

doi:10.20506/rst.17.1.1103

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Breeding for disease resistance in Merino sheep in Australia.

Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) - 1 Apr 1998

Raadsma H W, Gray G D, Woolaston R R

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Breeding for disease resistance in Merino sheep in Australia has attracted considerable research and development attention. Increased labour costs, the reduced efficacy of common anthelmintics and insecticides, consumer demand for products which are free of chemicals and the poor prognosis of alt...

Topics

Animals
Australia
Breeding
Foot Rot
Genetic Variation
Immunity, Innate
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
Myiasis
Nematode Infections
Selection, Genetic
Sheep

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