Advances in breeding of dairy cattle. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Julius van der Werf, Jennie E. Pryce.
• Editors: Werf, Julius van der; Pryce, Jennie E
• Contents: Part 1: Current developments in dairy breeding programs 1. Genetic and phenotypic improvements in temperate dairy systems: an overview Filippo Miglior 2. Genetic and phenotypic improvements in tropical dairy systems: an overview John Gibson Part 2: Managing genetic diversity 3. Assessing inbreeding and genetic diversity in the Holstein breed using pedigree and genomic approaches Christine Baes 4. Genetic diversity in dairy cattle: variation within and across breeds Kor Oldenbroek 5. Opportunities for managing diversity in modern dairy cattle breeding programs Christian Maltecca 6. Opportunities and challenges in crossbreeding dairy cattle in temperate regions Bradley Heins 7. Opportunities and challenges in crossbreeding dairy cattle in tropical regions Karen Marshall Part 3: Breeding objectives and genetics of new traits 8. Recent developments in multi-trait selection in dairy cattle breeding Peter Amer 9. Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve milk quality Alessio Cecchinato 10. Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve fertility/reproductive efficiency Mekonnen Haile-Mariam 11. Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve feed conversion efficiency and methane emissions Mike Coffey 12. Improving phenotypic prediction in dairy cattle breeding using the metagenome Oscar Gonzalez 13. Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve resistance to mastitis John Cole 14. Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve resistance to hoof disorders/lameness Christa Egger-Danner 15. Use of mid infra-red spectral data to predict traits for genetic selection in dairy cattle Nicolas Gengler 16. Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve heat tolerance Thuy Nguyen 17. Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve longevity Roel Veerkampy Part 4: Genomics and genetic selection 18. Developments in genomic selection (GS) in dairy cattle breeding Flavio Schenkel 19. Linking genotype to phenotype: improving functional annotation in dairy cattle breeding James Koltes 20. Finding causal variants for monogenic traits in dairy cattle breeding Matt Littlejohn Part 5: Genetic evaluation 21. Genetic evaluation: use of genomic data in large-scale genetic evaluations in dairy cattle breeding Joel Weller 22. International genomic evaluation methods for dairy cattle Peter Sullivan 23. Genetic evaluation of dairy cattle in developing countries Raphael Mrode Part 6: Reproductive technologies and breeding programs 24. Developments in the use of embryo technologies Trudee Fair 25. The use of gene editing techniques in dairy cattle breeding Alison Van Eenennaam 26. Development of dairy breeding programs Didier Boichard
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 636.2082; Cattle -- Breeding
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000727395
• Related ISBNs: 9781000727111; 9781000727258
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