A quantitative trait locus for faecal worm egg and blood eosinophil counts on chromosome 23 in Australian goats

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-214

  Bolormaa, S ^a,b   van der Werf, J H J ^a   Walkden Brown, S W ^a   Marshall, K ^a,c   Ruvinsky, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Eosinophil counts; Faecal worm egg counts; Linkage map; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EOSINOPHIL; FECES; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLE;

EID: 77954080808     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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