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A Comparison of Phenotypic Traits Related to Trypanotolerance in Five West African Cattle Breeds Highlights the Value of Shorthorn Taurine Breeds

BACKGROUND: Animal African Trypanosomosis particularly affects cattle and dramatically impairs livestock development in sub-Saharan Africa. African Zebu (AFZ) or European taurine breeds usually die of the disease in the absence of treatment, whereas West African taurine breeds (AFT), considered tryp...

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Autores principales: Berthier, David, Peylhard, Moana, Dayo, Guiguigbaza-Kossigan, Flori, Laurence, Sylla, Souleymane, Bolly, Seydou, Sakande, Hassane, Chantal, Isabelle, Thevenon, Sophie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25954819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126498