Breeding for robustness in cattle /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Klopčič, Marija
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Netherlands : Wageningen Academic Pub, 2009.
Series:EAAP publication ; no. 126.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The role of environmental sensitivity and plasticity in breeding for robustness : lessons from evolutionary genetics
  • Genetic concepts to improve robustness of dairy cows
  • Robustness as a breeding goal and its relation with health, welfare and integrity
  • Robustness in dairy cows : experimental studies of reproduction, fertility, behaviour and welfare
  • An international perspective on breeding for robustness in dairy cattle
  • Co-operation between Nordic and US Holstein alters the ratio between the traits that contribute to total merit
  • Predictive ability of different models for clinical mastitis in joint genetic evaluation for Sweden, Denmark and Finland
  • Breeding for improved disease resistance in ruminants
  • Do robust dairy cows already exist?
  • A review on breeding for functional longevity of dairy cow
  • Heritability of lifetime milk yield and productive life and their relationship with production and functional traits in the Simmental, Swiss Fleckvieh and Red Holstein populations in Switzerland
  • Genetic correlation between persistency and calving interval of Holsteins in Japan
  • Parameter estimation and genetic evaluation of female fertility traits in dairy cattle
  • Relationship between milk production traits and fertility in Austrian Simmental cattle
  • Relationships between disorders of the bovine hoof and fertility in dairy cattle herds in Northern Germany
  • Environmental and genetic effects on claw disorders in Finnish dairy cattle
  • Genetic analysis of claw disorders and relationships with production and type traits
  • Milk production, udder health, body conditions score and fertility performance of Holstein-Friesian, Norwegian RedxHolstein-Friesian cows on Irish dairy farms
  • Derivation of direct economic values for body tissue mobilisation in dairy cows
  • The link between energy balance and fertility is dairy cows
  • Potential to genetically alter intake and energy balance in grass fed dairy cows
  • Profitable dairy cow traits for hot climatic conditions
  • Perception of robustness traits in breeding goal for dairy cattle in a new EU country
  • The role of robustness in type classification