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GENERAL ZOOTECHNICS AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
cod. 12503

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Alberto SABBIONI
Academic discipline
Zootecnica generale e miglioramento genetico (AGR/17)
Field
Zootecnia e produzioni animali
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Integrated course unit module: GENETIC IMPROVEMENT AND EQUINE ETHNOLOGY

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Learning objectives

Provide the student with the fundamentals for understanding the transmission of characteristics

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<p>GENETIC IMPROVEMENT <br />
The activity of animal production recording. Additive and not additive relationship.</p>
<p>The genetic value and the genetic base. Estimate of genetic value in breeders (pedigree index, performance test, sib test, progeny test, BLUP-Animal Model).</p>
<p>Direct and indirect selection; multiple trait selection; genetic progress; stud books; cross breeding and inbreeding.</p>
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Horse genetic improvement. Selection objectives and genetic evaluation in the main horse breeds in Italy.</p>

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Bibliography

Lecture notes <br />
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Pierce B.A.: Genetics: Zanichelli Ed., Bologna 2005 <br />

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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