Breeding for disease resistance in farm animals

Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Part I: Principles and Methods......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 12
2 The Immune System......Page 24
3 Modelling Farm Animal Diseases......Page 47
Part II: Viruses and TSEs......Page 64
4 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies......Page 66
5 Viral Diseases in Chickens......Page 79
6 Bovine Viral Diseases: the Role of Host Genetics......Page 97
7 Viral Diseases in Pigs......Page 150
8 Breeding for Resistance to Viral Diseases in Salmonids......Page 175
Part III: Bacteria......Page 190
9 Genetics of Mastitis in Dairy Ruminants......Page 192
10 Salmonella in Chickens......Page 222
11 Escherichia coli and Salmonella in Pigs......Page 241
12 Genetic Aspects of Resistance to Ovine Footrot......Page 260
Part IV: Parasites and Vectors......Page 286
13 Breeding for Resistance to Nematode Infections......Page 288
14 Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases in Cattle......Page 304
Part V: Metabolic and Production Diseases......Page 324
15 Metabolic Diseases in Sheep and Cattle......Page 326
16 Genetics of Metabolic Diseases in Poultry......Page 344
B......Page 358
C......Page 359
D......Page 360
F......Page 361
G......Page 362
I......Page 363
M......Page 364
P......Page 366
S......Page 368
T......Page 370
Z......Page 371