Advances in Breeding of Dairy Cattle Hardback
Edited by Prof. Julius (University of New England) van der Werf, Prof. Jennie E. (La Trobe University) Pryce
Part of the Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science series
Hardback
Description
This collection reviews the latest research on dairy cattle genetics and advanced methods of genetic evaluation and selection.
After an overview of genetic improvements achieved so far, Part 1 assesses the problem of inbreeding and genetic diversity in modern dairy cattle as well as opportunities for crossbreeding. Part 2 then goes onto review research on targeting non-production traits such as fertility, feed conversion efficiency and methane emissions as well as resistance to disease and resilience to heat stress.
Part 3 then surveys the latest techniques and advances in genomic selection (GS) in such areas as functional annotation and use of sequence variants to improve genomic prediction, as well as developments in genetic evaluation (GE).
The final part of the book reviews developments in embryo technologies, gene editing and the way new techniques are being integrated in practice into dairy breeding programmes.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:658 pages, Color tables, photos and figures
- Publisher:Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:24/12/2019
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- ISBN:9781786762962
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:658 pages, Color tables, photos and figures
- Publisher:Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:24/12/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781786762962
