Genetic improvement of farmed animals /
Geoff Simm, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh, UK, Geoff Pollott, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK, Raphael Mrode, Scotland's Rural College, Edinburgh, UK, and International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Ross Houston, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK, Karen Marshall, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
- CABI , 2021
- xviii, 484 p
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Comprehensive, yet concise and approachable, Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning current farmed animal breeding practice. The text relates science to practical application in all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and fish"--