Genetic parameters of insect bite hypersensitivity in Dutch Friesian broodmares1

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1286-1293

  Schurink, A ^a   Ducro, B J ^a   Heuven, H C M ^a,b   Van Arendonk, J A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culicoides species; Heritability; Horse; Insect bite hypersensitivity; Maternal effect; Summer eczema

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; FRIESIA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 80051851884     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3222     Document Type: Article

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