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Genetics and Breeding for Disease Resistance of Livestock

  • Book

  • October 2019
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 4720894

Genetics and Breeding for Disease Resistance of Livestock is a solid resource that combines important information on the underlying genetic causes and governing factors for disease resistance in food animals and applications for breeding purposes. It describes genomics at each species level to help researchers and students understand disease resistance and immunology using genomics and its application in breeding for disease resistance. This useful reference makes it easy for readers to understand and undergo further research in immunology and disease resistance for livestock. It includes novel applications and research material that is ideal for students, teachers, academicians and researchers.

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Table of Contents

1. Overview of disease resistance2. Concept of Disease resistance3. Major diseases of livestock and Poultry and the problems encountered for its control diseases4. Disease resistant traits-analytic tools Indicator traits

Section 2: Genetics and Genomics for Disease resistance5. Basic concepts of immunogenetics6. Genetics for innate immunity7. Genetics for Humoral immunity8. Immune response genes 9. Techniques to study immune response genes10. Genes conferring immunity against bacterial infections11. Genes conferring immunity against viral infections12. Genes conferring immunity against protozoal infections13. Genes conferring immunity against parasitic infections14. Identified immune response genes pertaining to livestock species15. Advanced Genomic techniques for studying immune response genes16. Strategies for exploiting Immune response genes17. Breeding for disease resistance18. Phenotypic traits for disease resistance19. Selection of Livestock and Poultry for disease resistance20. Heritability, repeatability, genetic correlation for disease resistance traits21. Disease resistance for Cattle and Buffalo22. Disease resistance for goat and sheep23. Disease resistance for pig24. Disease resistance for poultry25. Breeding methodologies for development of disease resistant stock of livestock26. Advanced Breeding Techniques27. Future application for studies on disease resistance

Authors

Aruna Pal Assistant Professor (Animal Genetics and Breeding), West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-37, West Bengal, India. Dr Aruna Pal is working as an Assistant Professor in W.B. University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, India. Earlier she has served as "Scientist C" in Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. She has also the work experience as Veterinary Officer in Govt. of West Bengal and In Charge, Quality Control Laboratory, Frozen Semen Bull Station, PBGSBS (under Central Project for Cattle & Buffalo Breeding Programme, Ministry of agriculture, Govt. of India A. K. Chakravarty Former Head, Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (Deemed University), Haryana, India. Dr. Atish Kumar Chakravarty former head of the Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding at the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (Deemed University) in Haryana, India.