Breeding for resistance to footrot - The use of hoof lesion scoring to quantify footrot in sheep

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 583-589

  Conington, J ^a   Hosie, B ^a   Nieuwhof, G J ^b   Bishop, S C ^c   Bunger L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Meat and Livestock Commission   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding; Disease control; Footrot; Genetics; Hoof scoring; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; VACCINE; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; FOOT ROT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERD; HOOF AND CLAW; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOOF AND CLAW; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 56049089891     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9062-x     Document Type: Article

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