Confirmation of two quantitative trait loci regions for nematode resistance in commercial British terminal sire breeds

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1149-1156

  Matika, O ^a   Pong Wong, R ^a   Woolliams, J A ^a   Bishop, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lambs; nematode resistance; quantitative trait loci; Suffolk; Texel

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLES;

EID: 79960112076     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111100022X     Document Type: Article

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