The Contribution of Genetic Diversity to the Spread of Infectious Diseases in Livestock Populations

Genetics

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1465-1474

  Springbett, A J ^a   MacKenzie, K ^a,b   Woolliams, J A ^a   Bishop, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0347622764     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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