Genetic resistance to gastrointestinal parasites

Gastrointestinal parasites can play havoc in the digestive tract of all animal species, causing a lack of appetite, diarrhoea and poor growth, leading to economic losses for the farm. Selective breeding for parasite resistance in combination with other integrated control methods is considered an alternative means of parasite control. Gastrointestinal parasites negatively affect all livestock species’ health, welfare, production and the quality of food resources, and despite all the traditio