Animal Genetics and Diseases: Advances in Farming and Livestock Systems

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Animal Genetics and Diseases: Advances in Farming and Livestock Systems is written by Mark S. Fife and published by Frontiers Media SA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2889635236 (ISBN 10) and 9782889635238 (ISBN 13).

The new Animal Genetics and Disease 2017 conference committee organized a Research Topic for the proceedings of this inaugural conference. The meeting brought together specialists working on the interface between genomics, genetic engineering, and infectious disease, with the aims of improving animal and human health and welfare. This conference was funded by Advanced Courses and Scientific Conference at the Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK. The conference will highlight breakthroughs in genomic technologies that are rapidly increasing our understanding of the fundamental role that host and pathogen genetics play in infections and epidemics. This Research Topic focuses on how infections spread and how they further affect the productivity of livestock systems and food supply chains. Thanks to technological advances, we now have the tools for real-time surveillance of zoonoses affecting wildlife, farm animals and animal-to-human disease transmission.