Uses and Implications of Field Disease Data for Livestock Genomic and Genetics Studies

This paper identifies issues associated with field disease data and their implications on the interpretation of estimated genetic parameters and experimental designs. The main focus is on concepts relating to the impacts of diagnostic test properties and exposure to infection, and how exposure to in...

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Main Authors: Steve eBishop, Andrea B Doeschl-Wilson, John A Woolliams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00114/full