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Journal Articles
Items in this Collection
- 2Dekkers, Jack C. M.
- 2Lim, Kyu-Sang
- 2Plastow, Graham S.
- 1Ashley, Carolyn
- 1Bannister, Stephanie
- 1Chen, Yulu
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2019-01-01
Lim, Kyu-Sang, Dong, Qian, Moll, Pamela, Vitkovska, Jana, Wiktorin, Gregor, Bannister, Stephanie, Daujotyte, Dalia, Tuggle, Christopher K., Lunney, Joan K., Plastow, Graham S., Dekkers, Jack C. M.
Background:Gene expression profiling in blood is a potential source of biomarkers to evaluate or predict phenotypic differences between pigs but is expensive and inefficient because of the high abundance of globin mRNA in porcine blood. These limitations can be overcome by the use of QuantSeq...
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The genetic basis of natural antibody titersof young healthy pigs and relationshipswith disease resilience
Download2020-01-01
Chen, Yulu, Tibbs Cortes, Laura E., Ashley, Carolyn, Putz, Austin M., Lim, Kyu-Sang, Dyck, Michael K., Fortin, Frederic, Plastow, Graham S., Dekkers, Jack C. M., Harding, John C. S., PigGen Canada
Background Disease resilience is the ability to maintain performance under pathogen exposure but is difficult to select for because breeding populations are raised under high health. Selection for resilience requires a trait that is heritable, easy to measure on healthy animals, and genetically...