Genetic analysis of the blood transcriptome of young healthy pigs to improve disease resilience

Abstract Background Disease resilience is the ability of an animal to maintain productive performance under disease conditions and is an important selection target. In pig breeding programs, disease resilience must be evaluated on selection candidates without exposing them to disease. To identify po...

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Main Authors: Kyu-Sang Lim, Jian Cheng, Christopher Tuggle, Michael Dyck, PigGen Canada, Frederic Fortin, John Harding, Graham Plastow, Jack Dekkers
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-023-00860-9