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Part 1 Principles of disease resistance: strategies for diseasecontrol; genetic basis of resistance in chickens; genetic improvementof the immune system; model systems. Part 2 Methodology: selectionunder challenging environments; the major histocompatibility complex;molecular biological approaches; screening. Part 3 Resistance togastro-intestinal parasites (e.g. nematodes in sheep). Part 4 Diseasesinvolving flies and ticks: trypanosomiasis; theilerosis; fleece rot;fly strike. Part 5 Resistance to viral diseases: ovine lentivirus;acute viral diseases; genetics of scrapie and implications for BSE.Part 6 Resistance to bacterial/production diseases: footrot; lamenessin cattle; mastitis in cattle and sheep; E. coli in pigs. Part 7 Majorgenes and animal disease: spider gene; halothane induced malignanthypothermia in pigs; muscular hypertrophy in cattle.