Animal breeding
Animal breeding is a branch of
Breeding stock
Breeding stock is a group of animals used for the purpose of planned breeding. When individuals are looking to breed animals, they look for certain valuable traits in
.Purebred breeding
Mating animals of the same breed for maintaining such breed is referred to as purebred breeding. Opposite to the practice of mating animals of different breeds, purebred breeding aims to establish and maintain stable traits, that animals will pass to the next generation. By "breeding the best to the best", employing a certain degree of inbreeding, considerable culling, and selection for "superior" qualities, one could develop a bloodline or "breed" superior in certain respects to the original base stock.
Such animals can be recorded with a
For laboratory purposes, organisms such as mice have been inbred to 100% pure lines, as offered for sale by the Jackson laboratory. But this is highly unusual and difficult to do for most organisms, in whose populations all individuals harbor recessive, deleterious gene variants (alleles).
Backyard breeding
In the United States, a backyard breeder is someone who breeds animals, often without registration and with a focus on profit. In some cases, the animals are inbred narrowly for looks, with little regard to health.
See also
Plant and animal breeding
- Artificial insemination of livestock and pets
- Artificial selection
- Agricultural science
- Backyard breeder
- Genomics of domestication
- Plant breeding
- Progeny testing
- Selective breeding
People
- Robert Bakewell
- Arthur B. Chapman
- James Hutton
- Thomas Lecky
Other topics
- BLUPF90 and ASReml: software packages for animal breeding statistics
- Veterinary medicine
- Veterinary surgeon
- Veterinarian
Further reading
- Lush, JL(1937), Animal Breeding Plans, Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Press
- Kempthorne, O (1957), Introduction to Statistic Genetics, John Wiley & Sons
- Van Vleck; L. D.; Searle; S. R. (1979), Variance components and animal breeding: proceedings of a conference in honor of C.R. Henderson, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University
- ISBN 0-88955-030-1
- Hammond K. Gianola, D. (1990), Advances in Statistical Methods for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences), Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, ISBN 3-540-50809-0
- Massey, JW; Vogt, DW (1993), Heritability and Its Use in Animal Breeding, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, archived from the original on 2009-04-12, retrieved 2008-09-13
- Mrode, R. A. (1996), Linear models for the prediction of animal breeding values, Oxon: CAB International, ISBN 0-85198-996-9
- Cameron, N. D. (1997), Selection indices and prediction of genetic merit in animal breeding, Oxon: CAB International, ISBN 0-85199-169-6
- Dalton, C; Willis, MB (1998), Dalton's Introduction to Practical Animal Breeding, Oxford: Blackwell Science, ISBN 0-632-04947-2
- Bourdon, RM (2000), Understanding animal breeding, Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-096449-2
- Newman, S; Rothschild, MF (2002), Intellectual Property Rights in Animal Breeding and Genetics, Wallingford, Oxon, UK: CABI Pub, ISBN 0-85199-641-8
- FAO. (2007). The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources and the Interlaken Declaration. Rome.
- FAO. (2010). Breeding strategies for sustainable management of animal genetic resources. FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines. No. 3. Rome.
- FAO. (2015). The Second Report on the State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome.
References
- ^ "Selection of Swine Breeding Stock" (PDF). Oklahoma State University. No. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ISBN 978-0-444-88282-0.
- ^ The Obama family dog saga. LA Times.
- ^ Rescue groups paint a sad story of Iowa's puppy mills. The Messenger.[dead link]
- ^ Meat Atlas 2014 – Facts and figures about the animals we eat, page 24, download Meat Atlas
- ^ ETC Group, Putting the Cartel before the Horse ... and Farm, Seeds, Soil, Peasants, etc. , page 17, chapter: Livestock Genetic, September 2013
External links
- Domestic Animal Diversity Information System
- Guidelines For Uniform Swine Improvement Programs, National Swine Improvement Federation, 2003, archived from the original on 2008-10-21
- Implementing the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources
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Academic centers
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, )
- Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, University of Georgia, USA
- Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, University of Guelph, Canada
- Animal Breeding & Genetics, Cornell University, USA, 12 September 2023
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Animal Breeding & Genetics, Iowa State University, USA, archived from the original on 2009-03-04, retrieved 2008-09-06
- Breeding and Genetics Program, Colorado State University, USA, archived from the original on 2008-10-12
- Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, University of New England, Australia
- European Graduate School in Animal Breeding and Genetics (EGS-ABG), Wageningen University, Netherlands ; Aarhus University, Denmark ; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Journals
- "Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics", Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics (1986), ISSN 0931-2668, archived from the originalon 2008-12-12, retrieved 2008-09-06
Organizations
- Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Australia
- Roslin Institute, Scotland
- Animal Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USA, archived from the original on 2008-09-20
- Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USA, archived from the original on 2008-10-12, retrieved 2008-09-06
- Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, Australia, archived from the original on 2008-07-19
- INRA, Institut National de la Recherché Agronomique, France
- INIA, Instituto Nacional Investigación Agraria, Spain, archived from the original on 2013-08-12