Breeding and Improvement of Farm Animals
Author: J. E. Legates
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. E. Legates
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Victor Arthur Rice
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 504
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Breeding and improvement of farm animals; Basic process of inheritance; The anatomy of the reproducive system; The physiology of the reproductive systems; The potpourri - lethals, antigens and others; Variation; Population genetics; Inbreeding and relationship; Outbreeding; Principles of selection; Improving dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine and sheep; Retrospect and prospect.
Author: Geoff Simm
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2020-11-26
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 1789241723
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning farmed animal breeding. Relating science to practical application, it covers all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and aquaculture species.
Author: Jay L. Lush
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2013-04-18
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 1447497619
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1943, “Animal Breeding Plans” contains a detailed guide on animal breeding designed for students with experience of genetics, embryology, breeds, and stock judging. It aims to furnish the reader with a clear understanding of the means available for improving the heredity of farm animals, especially what each possible method will or will not do well. Highly recommended for modern farmers and animal breeders. Contents include: “Origin and Domestication of Farm Animals”, “Consequences of Domestication”, “Beginning of Pedigree Breeding Methods in the United States”, “History of Animal Breeding Methods in the United States”, “Relation of the Breed Association to Breed Improvement”, “Genetic Principles in Animal Breeding”, “Mendelian Basis of Inheritance”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on farming.
Author: Everett James Warwick
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780070683754
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Author: C.V. Singh
Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
Published: 2013-01-15
Total Pages: 7
ISBN-13: 938145082X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book presents conventional and modern breeding technologies in the vital areas of animal breeding, to stimulate more research, and to rapidly pass such modern techniques to scientific community. Various conventional breeding technologies used for selection and faster multiplication of superior cattle and buffalo germplasm have contributed significantly to increase in milk production, which were mainly due to the technologies developed in the areas of quantitative genetics and reproductive biology. These included methodologies for selection of females based upon their expected producing ability and young males based on the performance of progeny. Emerging developments in the areas of molecular marker systems in animals, genome maps, methods of detecting Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) linkages, Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) etc., are latest tools to be used in breeding programmes for enhancing the rate of genetic progress. These modern techniques could be of great help for those traits, for which the conventional technologies have limitations in their use. Therefore, integration of molecular markers with conventional breeding technologies involving pedigree and phenotypic information are probable future breeding tools for genetic improvement of livestock and poultry.
Author: Matthew L. Spangler
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-11-01
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 1071624601
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This newly updated and revised volume of the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (ESST) details the role of Animal Breeding and Genetics in the sustainability of animal agriculture. The volume covers scientific principles and applications includes the current science used to advance cattle, poultry, swine,sheep, and equine populations, as well as the future role of techniques such as gene editing. International leaders in the field explain foundational concepts such as heritability, the covariance between relatives, statistical approaches to predicting the genetic merit of individuals, and the development and advancement of molecular techniques to elucidate changes in the DNA sequence that underly phenotypic variation. The use of genetic-based tools to improve animal agriculture and meet consumer demands across species is treated in detail. Readers will gain an understanding of how global livestock producers have implemented advanced genetic selection tools and used them to improve reproduction, production, efficiency, health, and sustainability. The interactions of genetics and production environments, and the genetic components of the complex interactions among animals are also discussed. The future of Animal Breeding and Genetics, including the challenges and opportunities that exist in feeding a growing world population, are addressed.
Author: Geoff Simm
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2002-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780851996424
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →* Outlines the link between genes and performance in farm animals * Shows tools for more effective genetic selection * Highlights the role and ethical implications of new reproductive and molecular genetic technologies The application of scientific methods to animal breeding has led to major improvements in the output, cost and quality of animal products over the last few decades. This book describes the principles of genetic improvement of farm livestock and the practical application of these principles to dairy cattle, beef cattle and sheep breeding. This title has been taken over by CABI Publishing from Farming Press and was originally published in 1998