Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals

by R.F.E. Axford

This second edition has been thoroughly updated with additional editors, authors and is no longer based on a symposium and so includes a broader range of topics. This book covers all aspects of the genetic control of disease resistance in farm animals and the utilisation of this information to breed animals with enhanced disease resistance. It includes both metabolic and infectious diseases, including those caused or borne by viruses, bacteria, helminths,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851993257
• ISBN13: 9780851993256
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.8"