Evidence for a major gene determining the resistance of Indonesian Thin Tail sheep against Fasciola gigantica

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-314

  Roberts, J A ^a   Widjayanti, S ^a   Estuningsih, E ^a   Hetzel, D J ^b,c  

^a Balai Besar Penelitian Veteriner   (Indonesia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

crossbreeding; Fasciola gigantica; genetics; resistance; sheep Trematoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INDONESIA; LIVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0030988098     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01068-0     Document Type: Article

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