OPLEMENJIVANJE DOMAĆIH ŽIVOTINJA

Course outcomes: By the end of the semester, the student should be able to:  Be familiar with the concept of inheritance of traits in domestic animals, making a clear distinction between those that are simply inherited (qualitative) and polygenic traits (quantitative).  Understand and explain the sources of genetic variability and to formulate a model for quantitative traits.  Explain the concept of genetic parameters: heritability, repeatability and genetic correlation and to apply them in calculations of breeding value (BV).  Comprehend the principles and the effects of selection, selection differential and intensity, generation interval.  Explain the concept and consequences of inbreeding  Understand the concept of hybrid vigor and complementarity in different schemes of crossbreeding of domestic animals.  Explain the breeding value and the most important methods for its evaluation. as well as benefits of reproductive and molecular biotechnologies applied in animal breeding  Explain the components of the breeding program, the structure of breeds, breeding goals.