The genetics of disease resistance should 
and must be continually pursued, but in this 
field the key to the future will be through 
studies of mechanisms rather than further 
search for the existence of genetic variability. 
This will involve a basic understanding of 
defense mechanisms inherent in the animal 
or those that can be supplemented or created 
later in life. 
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