Genetics and breeding for disease resistance of livestock /

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Author / Creator:	Pal, Aruna, author.
Imprint:	London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2020].
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Livestock -- Breeding. Livestock -- Genetics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11981858

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Other authors / contributors:	Chakravarty, A. K., author.
ISBN:	9780128164068
Notes:	Includes index. Print version record.
Summary:	Genetics and Breeding for Disease Resistance of Livestock is a solid resource that combines important information on the underlying genetic causes and governing factors for disease resistance in food animals and applications for breeding purposes. It describes genomics at each species level to help researchers and students understand disease resistance and immunology using genomics and its application in breeding for disease resistance. This useful reference makes it easy for readers to understand and undergo further research in immunology and disease resistance for livestock. It includes novel applications and research material that is ideal for students, teachers, academicians and researchers. --
Other form:	Print version: GENETICS AND BREEDING FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LIVESTOCK. [Place of publication not identified] : ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS, 2019 0128164069

Table of Contents:

I. Overview of disease resistance: Overview and concept of disease resistance
Major diseases of livestock and poultry and problems encountered in controlling them
Disease-resistant traits : analytic tools and indicator traits
Basic concepts of immunogenetics.
II. Genetics and genomics for disease resistance: Genetics for innate immunity
Genetics for adaptive immunity
Immune-response genes pertaining to livestock species
Techniques to study immune-response genes
Genes conferring immunity against bacterial infections
Genes conferring immunity against viral infections
Genes conferring immunity against prion infections
Genes conferring immunity against fungal infections
Genes conferring immunity against parasitic infections
Advanced genomic techniques for studying immune-response genes
Strategies for exploiting immune-response genes to impart disease resistance to livestock
Breeding for disease resistance based on phenotypic and genotypic traits
Heritability, repeatability, and genetic correlation of disease-resistance traits
Selection of livestock and poultry for disease resistance
Disease resistance for different livestock species
Breeding strategies for the development of a disease-resistant stock of livestock
Advanced breeding techniques
Disease-resistant livestock populations : their development and impact on farm economics.

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