The economic value of R0 for selective breeding against microparasitic diseases

Abstract Background Microparasitic diseases are caused by bacteria and viruses. Genetic improvement of resistance to microparasitic diseases in breeding programs is desirable and should aim at reducing the basic reproduction ratio $${\text{R}}_{0}$$ R0 . Recently, we developed a method to derive the...

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Main Authors: Kasper Janssen, Piter Bijma
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-020-0526-y