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Integrating Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Combined Health Data Across Ecotypes to Improve Disease Resistance in Indigenous African Chickens (2020)
Journal Article
Banos, G., Lindsay, V., Desta, T. T., Bettridge, J., Sanchez-Molano, E., Vallejo-Trujillo, A., …Psifidi, A. (2020). Integrating Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Combined Health Data Across Ecotypes to Improve Disease Resistance in Indigenous African Chickens. Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 543890

Poultry play an important role in the agriculture of many African countries. The majority of chickens in sub-Saharan Africa are indigenous, raised in villages under semi-scavenging conditions. Vaccinations and biosecurity measures rarely apply, and i... Read More about Integrating Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Combined Health Data Across Ecotypes to Improve Disease Resistance in Indigenous African Chickens.

Role of caecal microbiota in the differential resistance of inbred chicken lines to colonization by Campylobacter jejuni (2020)
Journal Article
Chintoan-Uta, C., Wisedchanwet, T., Glendinning, L., Bremner, A., Psifidi, A., Vervelde, L., …Stevens, M. P. (2020). Role of caecal microbiota in the differential resistance of inbred chicken lines to colonization by Campylobacter jejuni. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02607-19

Campylobacter is the leading foodborne bacterial diarrhoeal illness in many countries, with up to 80 % of human cases attributed to the avian reservoir. The only control strategies currently available are stringent on-farm biosecurity and carcass tre... Read More about Role of caecal microbiota in the differential resistance of inbred chicken lines to colonization by Campylobacter jejuni.