• ISBN13: 9781789241716
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Veterinary
• Publisher: CABI
• Publisher Imprint: CABI
• Publication Date: January 1, 2020
• Pages: 552
• Original Price: GBP 72.75
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1010 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Agriculture / Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine / Food Animal

Comprehensive, yet concise and approachable, Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning current farmed animal breeding practice. Relating science to practical application, it covers all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and fish. The book:

• Provides a comprehensive coverage from genetics, analysis and strategies for improvement to response to selection, new technologies and predicting breeding values;
• Uses examples in temperate and tropical systems, sustainability and biodiversity to turn theory into practical applications;
• Outlines current practice and future directions to leave readers completely up to date.

Houston, Ross: - Ross Houston is at University of Edinburgh, UK.

Marshall, Karen: - Karen Marshall is with International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya.

Mrode, Raphael A.: - Raphael Mrode is Professor of Quantitative Genetics and Genomics at Scotland's Rural College. He has been lecturing at Edinburgh University's Masters course on quantitative genetics and genome analysis since 2005, and has given lectures on mixed linear models and the use of various BLUP models for genetic prediction. His research interests include data modelling and analysis, the incorporation of molecular information in genetic evaluation procedures, the application of innovative approaches for data capture, analysis and feedback and investigating methods for generating alternative and novel phenotypes in small dairy systems in developing countries.

Pollott, Geoff: - Geoff Pollott is with Royal Veterinary College, UK.

Simm, Geoff: - Geoff Simm is with Scotland's Rural College, UK.