ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS

Academic Year 2019/2020 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Salvatore Bordonaro
Credit Value: 6
Course Language: Italian
Taught classes: 28 hours
Exercise: 28 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

Students acquire the basic skills for the knowledge about animal production systems, animal breeding, qualitative and quantitative features of animal production, particularly in semi-extensive systems. To give knowledge on genetic sources of domestic animal biodiversity, the within and between breeds genetic variability. At the end of the course students will be able to make the principal methods used in conservation programmes and selection schemes


Course Structure

Class lectures, practical activities and technical visits


Detailed Course Content

Animal production systems:

Genetic resources and their productios.

Milk and meat production in cattle, sheep, goat and swine.

Endangered authochtonous breeds.

Zootechnical productions and choice of reproducers using phenotypic observations;

Cross breeding to improve the quality of the productions

Exercises and technical visits will be carried out at livestock farms


Textbook Information

1 - Bittante G., Andrighetto I., Ramanzin M. Fondamenti di Zootecnica (Liviana Editrice);

2 - Bittante G., Andrighetto I., Ramanzin M. Tecniche di Produzione Animale (Liviana Editrice);

3 - Dialma Balasini – Zoognostica, per la conoscenza, la valutazione e la scelta degli animali. Edagricole.