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Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals

J.B. Owen, R.F.E. Axford (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
500 Seiten
1991
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-85198-710-1 (ISBN)
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Animal breeders and veterinarians have become increasingly interested in breeding strategies aimed at improving disease resistance in farm animals and reducing the need for drugs. This book reviews current knowledge of the subject, with contributions from 27 international researchers.
Animal breeders and veterinarians have become increasingly interested in breeding strategies aimed at improving disease resistance in farm animals, as this lessens farmers' dependence on the use of drugs at a time when there is concern about their high usage in animals to be used for food products. There has also been concern at the level of drug resistance now shown by many disease organisms, and the cost of veterinary drugs in developing countries. This book consists of 27 chapters by international research workers from the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, Africa and Australasia reviewing our current knowledge in this area, and should interest workers in animal breeding and genetics, parasitology, animal production and veterinary medicine.

Part 1 Principles of disease resistance: strategies for disease control; genetic basis of resistance in chickens; genetic improvement of the immune system; model systems. Part 2 Methodology: selection under challenging environments; the major histocompatibility complex; molecular biological approaches; screening. Part 3 Resistance to gastro-intestinal parasites (e.g. nematodes in sheep). Part 4 Diseases involving flies and ticks: trypanosomiasis; theilerosis; fleece rot; fly strike. Part 5 Resistance to viral diseases: ovine lentivirus; acute viral diseases; genetics of scrapie and implications for BSE. Part 6 Resistance to bacterial/production diseases: footrot; lameness in cattle; mastitis in cattle and sheep; E. coli in pigs. Part 7 Major genes and animal disease: spider gene; halothane induced malignant hypothermia in pigs; muscular hypertrophy in cattle.

Verlagsort Wallingford
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 0-85198-710-9 / 0851987109
ISBN-13 978-0-85198-710-1 / 9780851987101
Zustand Neuware
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