Quantitative trait loci associated with parasitic infection in Scottish Blackface sheep

Heredity

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-258

  Davies, G ^a,b   Stear, M J ^b   Benothman, M ^b   Abuagob, O ^b   Kerr, A ^b   Mitchell, S ^b   Bishop, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal egg count; IgA; Marker assisted selection; Nematode; QTL; Sheep

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33644598472     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800788     Document Type: Article

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