Basic concepts in population, quantitative, and evolutionary genetics. ... Crossbreeding Bos indicus and Bos taurus for milk production in the tropics. FAO Animal ... Linear models for the prediction of animal breeding values.
This book fills the gap between textbooks of quantitative genetic theory, and software manuals that provide details on analytical methods but little context or perspective on which methods may be most appropriate for a particular ...
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.
This important book covers economic evaluation of genetic differences in animals, determination of breeding goals within an economic context and economic evaluation of breeding programs.
Animal Breeding: The Modern Approach : a Textbook for Consultants, Farmers, Teachers and for Students of Animal Breeding
Intellectual property and patents involving animals is an ever-changing field. The purpose of this book is to review the role that intellectual property plays in the development of modern animal breeding and genetics.
Text Book of Animal Breeding
Breeding and Improvement of Farm Animals
This work covers selected aspects of breeding and production of horses, asses and mules, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, fur animals, laboratory animals, dogs, poultry and domestic insects. The book is...
Horses in Society is the story of horse production in the United States, Britain, and Canada at the height of the species' usefulness, the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century.
This book discusses the methods, the motivations and the consequences of human intervention in animal breeding in terms of animal health, behaviour and well-being.