Candidate Gene Approach for Parasite Resistance in Sheep – Variation in Immune Pathway Genes and Association with Fecal Egg Count

Kathiravan Periasamy; Rudolf Pichler; Mario Poli; Silvina Cristel; Bibiana Cetrá; Daniel Medus; Muladno Basar; Thiruvenkadan A. K.; Saravanan Ramasamy; Masroor Babbar Ellahi; Faruque Mohammed; Atanaska Teneva; Mohammed Shamsuddin; Mario Garcia Podesta; Adama Diallo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088337

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Candidate Gene Approach for Parasite Resistance in Sheep – Variation in Immune Pathway Genes and Association with Fecal Egg Count

Kathiravan Periasamy ,

* E-mail: K.Periasamy@iaea.org

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Rudolf Pichler,

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Mario Poli,

Affiliation Instituto de Genética “Ewald A. Favret”, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Silvina Cristel,

Affiliation Anguil Experimental Station, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
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Bibiana Cetrá,

Affiliation Mercedes Experimental Station, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina
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Daniel Medus,

Affiliation Concepción del Uruguay Experimental Station, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos, Argentina
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Muladno Basar,

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia
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Thiruvenkadan A. K.,

Affiliation Veterinary College and Research Institute-Namakkal, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India
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Saravanan Ramasamy,

Affiliation Veterinary College and Research Institute-Namakkal, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India
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Masroor Babbar Ellahi,

Affiliation Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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Faruque Mohammed,

Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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Atanaska Teneva,

Affiliation University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Mohammed Shamsuddin,

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Mario Garcia Podesta,

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Adama Diallo

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Candidate Gene Approach for Parasite Resistance in Sheep – Variation in Immune Pathway Genes and Association with Fecal Egg Count

Kathiravan Periasamy,
Rudolf Pichler,
Mario Poli,
Silvina Cristel,
Bibiana Cetrá,
Daniel Medus,
Muladno Basar,
Thiruvenkadan A. K.,
Saravanan Ramasamy,
Masroor Babbar Ellahi

Published: February 12, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088337

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