Future directions in breeding for disease resistance in aquaculture species
ABSTRACT Infectious disease is a major constraint for all species produced via aquaculture. The majority of farmed fish and shellfish production is based on stocks with limited or no selective breeding. Since disease resistance is almost universally heritable, there is huge potential to select for i...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982017000600545&lng=en&tlng=en |