Quantitative genetic and functional genomics approaches to investigating parasite disease resistance and protective immune mechanisms in avian coccidiosis

Developments in Biologicals

Volumn 132, Issue , 2008, Pages 67-75

  Lillehoj, H S ^a   Hong, Y ^a   Kim, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Disease; Eimeria; Microarray; QTL

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249134177     PISSN: 14246074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000317145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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