Breeding for disease resistance in Merino sheep in Australia

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 315-328

  Raadsma, H W ^a   Gray, G D ^b   Woolaston, R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Breeding plans; Disease resistance; Flystrike; Footrot; Genetics; Internal; Merino; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; FOOT ROT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MYIASIS; NEMATODIASIS; REVIEW; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; FOOT ROT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MYIASIS; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0041173901     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.17.1.1103     Document Type: Article

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