DAY 1.

DEFINITION OF ANIMAL BREEDING

 ANIMAL SCIENCE
 Class under the kingdom of mammalia, mainly
 livestock- farm animals based on class mammalia
-distinguished to poultry- class of aves
 ANIMAL BREEDING IS NOT THE SAME AS REPRODUCTION
 With a goal to IMPROVE ANIMAL SCIENCE and MAXIMIZE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY – animal production & old name
 STATISTICAL GENETICS- one of the backbone of modern animal breeding that refers to
population genetics
 PEDIGREE- refer to ancestry or family tree and we do it on per animal basis
 So when you say animal records for breeding, these are usefully expressed ON PER ANIMAL
BASIS.

DAY 2 VARIATION
 PHENOTYPIC VALUES associated sa PROFITABILITY
 NOTE: ALL THE THINGS THAT WE OBSERVED OUT OF THE ANIMAL WHICH REFERS TO THE
PHENOTYPE DOES NOT NECESSARILY TELL AS MUCH ABOUT ITS GENOTYPE
 NOT ALL THE YOU OBSERVED ON THE ANIMAL IS HERITABLE
 NOTE: TAKE NOTE OF THE PLURAL S OF ANIMAL IN PHENOTYPIC VARIATION. ALWAYS IN PLURAL
FORM
 IF IT IS HERTABLE, THAT IS THE DOMAIN OF THE ANIMAL
 Remember that one of the important breeding, to determine to what part of the phenotype is
due to genetics
 In farm, females are numerous compared to male. Because they’re mainly involved in egg
production’
 In farm, males are expensive. In livestock poultry, males are more expensive because the
measure of genetic improvement is higher in male rather than females. There is a biological limit
on females
 Backfat thickness or depth of phenotype is NOT A MEASURE OF QUALITY RATHER A MEASURE
OF LEAN YIELD/AMT OF YIELD once slaughtered
 In purebred, it must be HOMOGENEOUS OR UNIFORM IN APPEARANCE
 Building block of improvement is VARIATION. WITHOUT VARIATION/DIFFERENCE, NO ROOM
FOR IMPROVEMENT

DAY 3
TOOLS THAT HELP IMPROVE THE GENETIC COMPOSITION OF A POPULATION ARE SELECTION
AND SYSTEM OF MATING
Feeders- animals that are fed up and eventually slaughtered
Breeders- animals that are used to breed for the next gen. Mas expensive