Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals
£120.00
£133.00
Addressing principles associated with breeding animals for enhanced health and resistance to specific diseases, this new edition provides an updated review of the field and is illustrated with examples covering many diseases of importance to livestock production across all major livestock species. Authored by experts in the field, the book covers techniques and approaches, viruses, TSEs, bacteria, parasites, vectors, and broader health issues seen in production systems, including metabolic diseases. The book will be an essential reference for professionals in the field, scientists and researchers, students, breeders, vets, agricultural advisors and policymakers.
The book is an essential reference for scientists, researchers and students of livestock breeding, as well as breeders, vets, agricultural advisors and policy makers.
CONTENTS:
PART ONE: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
SECTION ONE: Introduction
SECTION TWO: The Immune System
SECTION THREE: Modelling Farm Animal Diseases
PART TWO: Viruses and TSEs
SECTION FOUR: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
SECTION FIVE: Viral Diseases in Chickens
SECTION SIX: Bovine Viral Diseases - The Role of Host Genetics
SECTION SEVEN: Genetics of Mastitis in Dairy Ruminants
SECTION EIGHT: Viral Diseases in Pigs
PART THREE: Bacteria
SECTION NINE: Breeding for Resistance to Viral Diseases in Salmonids
SECTION TEN: Salmonella in Chickens
SECTION ELEVEN: Escherichia coli and Salmonella in pigs
SECTION TWELVE: Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine footrot
PART FOUR: Parasites and Vectors
SECTION THIRTEEN: Breeding for Resistance to Nematode Infections
SECTION FOURTEEN: Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Cattle
PART FIVE: Metabolic and Production Diseases
SECTION FIFTEEN: Metabolic Diseases in Sheep and Cattle
SECTION SIXTEEN: Genetics of Metabolic Diseases in Poultry
Published: 2010
ISBN: 9781845935559
Type: Hardback
Pages: 368
Language: English
Format: Hardback
Availability: Available
This book weighs: 997g
Region | Cost |
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UK | £6.00 |
Europe | £13.50 |
USA and Canada | £13.00 |
ROW | £14.00 |
ROW2 | £31.00 |
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