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Can We Breed Cattle for Lower Bovine TB Infectivity?

Host resistance and infectivity are genetic traits affecting infectious disease transmission. This Perspective discusses the potential exploitation of genetic variation in cattle infectivity, in addition to resistance, to reduce the risk, and prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). In bTB, variabil...

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Autores principales: Tsairidou, Smaragda, Allen, Adrian, Banos, Georgios, Coffey, Mike, Anacleto, Osvaldo, Byrne, Andrew W., Skuce, Robin A., Glass, Elizabeth J., Woolliams, John A., Doeschl-Wilson, Andrea B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30581821
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00310