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Heritabilities of, and correlations between, faecal egg counts and cashmere traits in goats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

D. Vagenas ,
S.C. Bishop ,
F. Jackson ,
M. Merchant  and
A.J.F. Russel
D. Vagenas
Affiliation:
Roslin Institute, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, UK
S.C. Bishop
Affiliation:
Roslin Institute, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, UK
F. Jackson
Affiliation:
Moredun Research institute, Penicuick, Middlothian EH26 9PZ, UK
M. Merchant
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, UK
A.J.F. Russel
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, UK
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In animal production significant losses occur due to parasitism (Coop et al. 1985). The classic means of treating animals against parasites is with anthelminthic drugs. However, the recent years resistance to anthelminthic drugs has become a major problem in many countries. Novel ways of overcoming the problem of nematode parasites have been proposed. One of them is breeding for resistance to parasites (Bishop and Stear, 1999). The aim of this study was to estimate the genetic parameters needed to devise strategies to breed against nematode parasites. Faecal egg counts (FECs) are used as the indicator trait of resistance to parasites.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2000 , 2000 , pp. 18
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2000

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