Trypanotolerance in N’Dama x Boran crosses under natural trypanosome challenge: effect of test-year environment, gender, and breed composition

BACKGROUND: Trypanosomosis, a protozoal disease affecting livestock, transmitted by Glossina (tsetse) flies is a major constraint to agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is accepted that utilization of the native trypanotolerance exhibited in some of the African cattle breeds to improve...

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Autores principales: Orenge, Caleb O, Munga, Leonard, Kimwele, Charles N, Kemp, Steve, Korol, Abraham, Gibson, John P, Hanotte, Olivier, Soller, Morris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23075408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-13-87

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