Economic Aspects of Animal Breeding
Weller, Joel Ira. 14509
Livestock Production 396
Animal Breeding 11058
Livestock--Economic aspects 14396
Livestock productivity--Economic aspects 14510
338.176 Weller 13640 1st 1994 Livestock
This important book covers economic evaluation of genetic differences in animals, determination of breeding goals within an economic context and economic evaluation of breeding programs. During the last 50 years there have been great advances made in the breeding of domesticated animal species. Most of this work has been achieved through the efforts of geneticists, and often the economic goals of such advances have not been clearly evaluated. Economic Aspects of Animal Breeding redresses the balance and provides a much needed synthesis of this most important subject. The book is divided into five sections: basic concepts; economic evaluation of genetic differences; advanced topics in selection indices; economic evaluation of breeding programs, including biotechnological aspects; crossbreeding and heterosis.
UK: Springer;
1994.
1994.
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244 p. ;