Heritability of resistance to bacterial infection in meat rabbits

Livestock Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 90-98

  Eady, S J ^a   Garreau, H ^b   Gilmour, A R ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding program; Disease resistance; Microbial antibiotic resistance; Pasteurella multocida; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34848911992     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.01.158     Document Type: Article

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