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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. research
  3. animal research
  4. biological properties and phenomena
  5. biological resistance
  6. disease resistance

Preferred term

disease resistance

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Describing any organism which has low susceptibility or has the ability to withstand a disease caused by infectious agents (i.e., viruses, bacteria, fungi) or by parasitic nematodes, protozoa and helminths.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • disease tolerance

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/151

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