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Exploring Phenotypes for Disease Resilience in Pigs Using Complete Blood Count Data From a Natural Disease Challenge Model
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Bai, Xuechun, Putz, Austin M., Wang, Zhiquan, Fortin, Frederic, Harding, John C. S., Dyck, Michael K., Dekkers, Jack C. M., Field, Catherine J., Plastow, Graham S., PigGen Canada
Disease resilience is a valuable trait to help manage infectious diseases in livestock. It is anticipated that improved disease resilience will sustainably increase production efficiency, as resilient animals maintain their performance in the face of infection. The objective of this study was to...
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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
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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...