Conventional breeding programmes and genetic resistance to animal diseases

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 291-301

  Lindhe B ^a   Philipsson, J ^b  

^a Svensk Avel   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bovines; Breeding programmes; Daughter fertility; Disease resistance; Genetic correlations; Genetic gain; Mastitis; Milk; Production; Selection; Sweden; Total merit index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTATION; MALE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LACTATION; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0039394644     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.17.1.1105     Document Type: Article

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