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A genetic epidemiological model to describe resistance to an endemic bacterial disease in livestock: application to footrot in sheep

Selection for resistance to an infectious disease not only improves resistance of animals, but also has the potential to reduce the pathogen challenge to contemporaries, especially when the population under selection is the main reservoir of pathogens. A model was developed to describe the epidemiol...

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Autores principales: Nieuwhof, Gert Jan, Conington, Joanne, Bishop, Stephen C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19284695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-41-19