TY - BOOK AU - Bishop,S.C. AU - Axford,R.F.E. AU - Nicholas,F.W. AU - Owen,John B. ED - C.A.B. International, TI - Breeding for disease resistance in farm animals AV - SF105 .B696 2010eb U1 - 636.089/6079 23 PY - 2010/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Livestock KW - Breeding KW - Genetics KW - Veterinary immunogenetics KW - Host Resistance and Immunity KW - Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000) KW - Animal Immunology, (New March 2000) KW - Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000) KW - Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000) KW - Veterinary Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000) KW - Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals KW - Aquaculture (Animals) KW - Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002) KW - Cattle KW - cabt KW - Fishes KW - Fowls KW - Goats KW - Pigs KW - Sheep KW - Aetiology KW - Animal breeding KW - Animal diseases KW - Bacterial diseases KW - Disease resistance KW - Domestic animals KW - Genetic markers KW - Immune system KW - Immunity KW - Metabolic disorders KW - Parasitoses KW - Poultry KW - Prion diseases KW - Selection KW - Vector-borne diseases KW - Viral diseases KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Stephen C. Bishop, Roger F.E. Axford, Frank W. Nicholas and John B. Owen -- The immune system / Pete Kaiser -- Modelling farm animal diseases / Stephen C. Bishop -- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies / Nora Hunter and Wilfred Goldmann -- Viral diseases in chickens / Hans Cheng -- Bovine viral diseases : the role of host genetics / Elizabeth J. Glass, Rebecca Baxter, Richard Leach and Geraldine Taylor -- Viral diseases in pigs / Joan K. Lunney -- Breeding for resistance to viral diseases in salmonids / Thomas Moen -- Genetics of mastitis in dairy ruminants / Rachel Rupp and Gilles Foucras -- Salmonella in chickens / Susan J. Lamont -- Escherichia coli and Salmonella in pigs / Inger Edfors and Montserrat Torremorell -- Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine footrot / Herman W. Raadsma and Joanne Conington -- Breeding for resistance to nematode infections / Michael J. Stear -- Ticks and tick-borne diseases in cattle / Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano and Kishore Prayaga -- Metabolic diseases in sheep and cattle / Chris A. Morris and Sin H. Phua -- Genetics of metabolic diseases in poultry / Paul M. Hocking; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format N2 - The third edition of this book contains chapters that discuss the immune system and the genetic aspects of breeding livestock and fishes for increased resistance against viral, prion, bacterial, parasitic, vector-borne and metabolic diseases UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845935559.0000 ER -