Genetic management strategies for controlling infectious diseases in livestock populations
Genetic management strategies for controlling infectious diseases in livestock populations
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DOI:
10.1051/gse:2003013
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
MacKenzie, KA
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作者:
Bishop, SC;MacKenzie, KA
This paper considers the use of disease resistance genes to control the transmission of infection through an animal population. Transmission is summarised by R-0, the basic reproductive ratio of a pathogen. If R-0 > 1.0 a major epidemic can occur, thus a disease control strategy should aim to reduce R-0 below 1.0, e.g. by mixing resistant with susceptible wild-type animals. Suppose there is a resistance allele, such that transmission of infection through a population homozygous for this allele will be R-02 < R-01, where R-01 describes transmission in the wildtype population. For an otherwise homogeneous population comprising animals of these two groups, R-0 is the weighted average of the two sub-populations: R-0 = R-01 rho + R-02 (1 - rho), where p is the proportion of wildtype animals. If R-01 > 1 and R-02 < 1, the proportions of the two genotypes should be such that R-0