Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals

is Professor of Animal Disease Genetics at the University of Edinburgh, and a group leader within University's Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. Over a period of 20 years he has made major contributions to disease genetics across many livestock species, including sheep, pigs, dairy cattle, goats, chickens and Atlantic salmon. Further, he has been active in bringing epidemiological concepts to animal disease genetics. These concepts have been used to predict outcomes of breeding programmes for disease resistance and to more fully analyse and interpret disease data.

Part I: Principles and Methods 1: Introduction 2: The Immune System 3: Modelling Farm Animal Diseases Part II: Viruses and TSEs 4: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 5: Viral Diseases in Chickens 6: Bovine Viral Diseases - The Role of Host Genetics 7: Genetics of Mastitis in Dairy Ruminants 8: Viral Diseases in Pigs Part III: Bacteria 9: Breeding for Resistance to Viral Diseases in Salmonids 10: Salmonella in Chickens 11: Escherichia coli and Salmonella in pigs 12: Genetic aspects of resistance to ovine footrot Part IV: Parasites and Vectors 13: Breeding for Resistance to Nematode Infections 14: Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Cattle Part V: Metabolic and Production Diseases 15: Metabolic Diseases in Sheep and Cattle 16: Genetics of Metabolic Diseases in Poultry