Improving Genetic Disease Resistance in Farm Animals: A Seminar in the Community Programme for the Coordination of Agricultural Research, held in Brussels, Belgium, 8-9 November 1988

This publication contains the proceedings of a seminar held in Brussels on November 8-9, 1988. The title of the seminar was "Reducing the costs of disease by improving resistance through genetics". The seminar was held as an activity of the Community Programme for the Coordination of Agricultural Research, 1984-1988. Costs of disease depend on losses caused by morbidity, mortality and production decreases and on the costs of preventive measures including vaccination and medication. Producti...