Genetic improvement of farmed animals / Geoff Simm, Geoff Pollott, Ross Houston, and Karen Marshall

By:

Simm, Geoff, 1959- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, CABI, 2021Description: pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781789241723
9781789241716

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

636.08/21 23

LOC classification:

SF756.5 .S56 2020

Summary: "Comprehensive, yet concise and approachable, Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning current farmed animal breeding practice. The text relates science to practical application in all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and fish"-- Provided by publisher.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

The book:

- Provides comprehensive coverage - from fundamental genetics, analysis of variation, prediction of breeding values and response to selection, through to application of modern genomics and biotechnology.
- Illustrates the practical application of theory in temperate and tropical systems.
- Outlines current practice and explores future directions, including sustainability and ethical implications, to leave readers completely up to date.

Based on the previous bestseller, Genetic Improvement of Cattle and Sheep , this book has been completely revised, expanded and redesigned to be an essential textbook for undergraduate, masters and other early postgraduate-level students in agriculture, animal and veterinary science, as well as breeders, farmers, industry technical staff, advisors and extension workers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Comprehensive, yet concise and approachable, Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning current farmed animal breeding practice. The text relates science to practical application in all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and fish"-- Provided by publisher.