Genetics of mastitis in dairy ruminants

Breeding for disease resistance in farm animals: Third edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 183-212

  Rupp, Rachel ^a   Foucras, Gilles ^b,c  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Neurogastroenterology and Nutrition Unit   (France)

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