Possibilities to breed for resistance to nematode parasite infections in small ruminants in tropical production systems

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 741-747

  Bishop, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breeding; genetics; goats; nematodes; sheep

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HAEMONCHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84859337885     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111000681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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