The effects of pathogen challenges on the performance of naïve and immune animals: the problem of prediction

Predictive frameworks for performance under both physical and social stressors are available, but no general framework yet exists for predicting the performance of animals exposed to pathogens. The aim of this paper was to identify the key problems that would need to be solved to achieve this. Chall...

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Main Authors: F.B. Sandberg, G.C. Emmans, I. Kyriazakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173110765784X