Coffey MP

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus
2019
Frontiers in genetics ·doi:10.3389/fgene.2019.01048

Health and survival are key goals for selective breeding in farm animals. Progress, however, is often limited by the low heritability of these animal fitness traits in addition to measurement difficulties. In this respect, relevant early-li…

2017
BMC genetics ·doi:10.1186/s12863-017-0493-7

BackgroundThe significant social and economic loss as a result of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) presents a continuous challenge to cattle industries in the UK and worldwide. However, host genetic variation in cattle susceptibility to bTB provid…