Resistant Sheep
It did appear that some sheep had a genetic resistance to the effects of parasite infestations, Dr. R. V. Brunsdon, a scientist at the Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, Wellington, told the farmers’ conference at Lincoln on Friday. As yet no serious work had been done on breeding these animals, he said. Occasionally in trials with drenches for control of worms, sheep would appear in untreated groups which did just as well as the best in the groups that had been treated against worms.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31375, 22 May 1967, Page 6
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