A genome-screen experiment to detect quantitative trait loci affecting resistance to facial eczema disease in sheep

Animal Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Phua, S H ^a   Dodds, K G ^b   Morris, C A ^c   Henry, H M ^a   Beattie, A E ^b   Garmonsway, H G ^a   Towers, N R ^c   Crawford, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Facial eczema; Genome screen; Liver; Markers; Mycotoxin; Photosensitivity disease; QTL; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 58549114427     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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