In search of a new tool for phenotyping tick resistance in cattle

Ticks and tick borne diseases cause significant loss in livestock production with about 80% world's cattle at risk. The cost of chemical control is high and there is an ever increasing tick resistance to chemicals. Genetic selection as alternative long term control strategy is constrained by laborio...

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Autores principales: Matika, O., Foster, S., Githaka, Naftaly W., Mwendia, C., Brown, H., Watson, K., Djikeng, Appolinaire, Birkett, M.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wageningen University & Research 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128742

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