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Genetic management strategies for controlling infectious diseases in livestock populations
This paper considers the use of disease resistance genes to control the transmission of infection through an animal population. Transmission is summarised by R(0), the basic reproductive ratio of a pathogen. If R(0 )> 1.0 a major epidemic can occur, thus a disease control strategy should aim to r...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2003
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3231762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12927077 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-35-S1-S3 |