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Genetics of pig health and immunity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

J. ten Napel
J. ten Napel*
Affiliation:
Animal Sciences Group of Wageningen UR, P.O. Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
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Infectious diseases have great impact on the margin per pig sold and the animal’s welfare. The common veterinary approach to illness is to deal with the pathogen and ideally eliminate the pathogen from the herd. This approach reduces the probability of an outbreak, but increases the consequences of an outbreak, should it occur. A complicating matter is that an increasing number of parasites and pathogens have become resistant to antibiotics or anthelmintics. The objective of this paper is to draw attention to the pig’s ability to deal effectively with pathogens after natural exposure, with particular emphasis on genetic improvement. The terms used in this paper are defined as in Knap and Bishop (2000).

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 242
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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