Improve your social license - Breed sheep for disease resistance

Author(s)
Walkom, S F
Bunter, K L
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
Paper presented by S Walkom
Abstract
<p>Consumer interests in the health and welfare of animals has increased as production systems become more transparent. This brings about a need for cultural change around how the industry approaches the long-term management of disease traits. Genetic tools have been used by leading sheep breeders for decades to bring about genetic gain in production traits. The same approach can also be applied to breeding for good health and welfare. This paper provides a summary of the steps required to develop long-term solutions to diseases outbreaks allowing sheep producers to breed for disease resistance and improve the social license for the agricultural industry.</p>
Citation
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.24, p. 486-489
ISSN
1328-3227
Link
Language
en
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Title
Improve your social license - Breed sheep for disease resistance
Type of document
Conference Publication
Entity Type
Publication

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