Acta Vet. Brno 2015, 84: 231-235

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201584030231

Evaluation of Pakistani goat breeds for genetic resistance to Haemonchus contortus

Masroor Ellahi Babar1, Tanveer Hussain1, Muhammad Sarfraz Ahmad2, Akhtar Ali3, Kamran Abbas3, Muhammad Muddassir Ali4

1Virtual University of Pakistan, Department of Bioinformatics, Lahore, Pakistan
2Provincial Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Livestock and Dairy Development, Lahore, Pakistan
3University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Lahore, Pakistan
4Afyon Kocatepe University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Received April 7, 2014
Accepted October 22, 2014

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