Identification of immune traits correlated with dairy cow health, reproduction and productivity.
Detailed biological analyses (e.g. epidemiological, genetic) of animal health and fitness in the field are limited by the lack of large-scale recording of individual animals. An alternative approach is to identify immune traits that are associated with these important functions and can be subsequent...
Main Authors: | Georgios Banos, Eileen Wall, Michael P Coffey, Ainsley Bagnall, Sandra Gillespie, George C Russell, Tom N McNeilly |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3680463?pdf=render |
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