Original paper
Genome-wide association studies of immune, disease and production traits in indigenous chicken ecotypes
Abstract
The majority of chickens in sub-Saharan Africa are indigenous ecotypes, well adapted to the local environment and raised in scavenging production systems. Although they are generally resilient to disease challenge, routine vaccination and biosecurity measures are rarely applied and infectious diseases remain a major cause of mortality and reduced productivity. Management and genetic improvement programmes are hampered by lack of routine data...
Paper Details
Title
Genome-wide association studies of immune, disease and production traits in indigenous chicken ecotypes
Published Date
Sep 29, 2016
Journal
Volume
48
Issue
1