Introduction to animal breeding

Training course

Hanoi, December 2004 - INA P-G / PRISE

• Acknowledgements and schedule

• Lecture 1: General introduction. Context, purpose and tools of animal breeding.

• Case study 1: Domestication and development of genetic resources, selection: the exemple of chicken

• Case study 2: Evolution of a local breed and of livestock production in a mountain region in France: the Aubrac case.

• Lecture 2: The genetics of quantitative (multifactorial) traits

• Lecture 3: The genetic evaluation and the accuracy of Estimated Breeding Values

• Lecture 4: The efficiency of selection, the selection programs

• Lecture 5: The potential effects of crossbreeding, the main kinds of crossbreeding plans