Breeding Services for Small Dairy Farmers

APPROACH TO BREEDING PROGRAMMES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Trends in Livestock Production: Introduction; Major Issues; India's Livestock Sector; Potential of Breed Improvement; Limitations to Breed Improvement; Methods for Production Improvement; Breed Conservation and Development Breeding Programme for Large Ruminants Kept by Small Farmers: Introduction; Breeding Policy; Breeding Schemes; Breeding Plan Production of Breeding Bulls: Introduction; Import of Bulls, Semen and Embryos; Bull Purchase; Transport of Animal; Bull Production in the Breeding area; Bull Mother Farms Frozen Semen Production: Breeding Bulls; Deep Frozen Semen Production Station (DFSPS); Semen Collection; Semen Processing; Frozen Semen Storage; Frozen Semen Dispatch; Manpower Requirement Management of Artificial Insemination Service: Introduction; Artificial Insemination Unit; Monitoring and Control of Artificial Insemination Units; Regional Semen Supply Station; Liquid Nitrogen Field Performance Recording: Introduction; Animal Identification; Recording Milk and Milk Constituents; Organisation of a field Performance Recording Programme; Information Management; Conformation Recording Progeny Testing of Bulls: Introduction; Step Involved; Proven Bulls; Time Taken to Get the Sire Proof; Accuracy of the Progeny Test GENETIC AND STATISTICS FOR PRACTICAL WORK: A 'HANDS-ON APPROACH': A. Quantitative Genetics: Introduction Sources of Variation: Qualitative and Quantitative Characters; Genetic and Environmental Sources of Variation; Heritability; Estimating Heritability; Identical Twins; Genotype by Environmental Interaction Selection: Principles of Selection; Consequences of Selection; Individual Selection; Pedigree Selection; Family Selection; Progeny Selection; Factors Affecting Selection Progress; Generation Interval; Annual Genetic Gain; Time Factor in Selection Programme Breeding Value: Breeding Value Based on Progeny Records; Breeding Value from Individual Records; Breeding Value Based on Pedigree Information; Breeding Value Based on Half-sibs Breeding Systems: Inbreeding; Crossbreeding; New Breed Formation B. Statistics: Population and Sample: General; Describing a Sample Measure of Variability: Introduction; Mean Absolute Deviation; Mean Square Deviation (Variance); Standard Deviation Co-efficient of Variation; Standard Error Normal Distribution Hypothesis Testing: The t-test; Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); The Chi Square Test Regression and Correlation: Regression; Correlation References Index Manual of Toolbox Annexes