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Advances in breeding of dairy cattle

By Julius van der Werf (Editor), Jennie E. Pryce (Editor), Jennie E. Pryce (Contribution by), Allison Fleming (Contribution by), Tatiane Chud (Contribution by), Luiz F. Brito (Contribution by), Francesca Malchiodi (Contribution by), Christine Baes (Contribution by), Filippo Miglior (Contribution by), Bayode Makanjuola (Contribution by), Larry Schaeffer (Contribution by), Kor Oldenbroek (Contribution by), Christian Maltecca (Contribution by), F. Tiezzi (Contribution by), Bradley J. Heins (Contribution by), Peter Amer (Contribution by), Tim Byrne (Contribution by), Mekonnen Haile-Mariam (Contribution by), Mike Coffey (Contribution by), Oscar González-Recio (Contribution by), Alejandro Saborio-Montero (Contribution by), Adrián López-García (Contribution by), Beatriz Delgado (Contribution by), Cristina Óvilo (Contribution by), John Cole (Contribution by), Christa Egger-Danner (Contribution by), B. Heringstad (Contribution by), Nicolas Gengler (Contribution by), Hélène Soyeurt (Contribution by), Thuy T. T. Nguyen (Contribution by), Roel Veerkamp (Contribution by), Mathijs van Pelt (Contribution by), Hinayah R. Oliveira (Contribution by), Fabyano F. Silva (Contribution by), Flavio Schenkel (Contribution by), James Koltes (Contribution by), Francisco Peñagaricano (Contribution by), Matt Littlejohn (Contribution by), Chad Harland (Contribution by), Joel Ira Weller (Contribution by), Peter Sullivan (Contribution by), Raphael Mrode (Contribution by), Trudee Fair (Contribution by), Pat Lonergan (Contribution by), Alison Van Eenennaam (Contribution by), Amy E. Young (Contribution by), Didier Boichard (Contribution by)
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By Julius van der Werf (Editor), Jennie E. Pryce (Editor), Jennie E. Pryce (Contribution by), Allison Fleming (Contribution by), Tatiane Chud (Contribution by), Luiz F. Brito (Contribution by), Francesca Malchiodi (Contribution by), Christine Baes (Contribution by), Filippo Miglior (Contribution by), Bayode Makanjuola (Contribution by), Larry Schaeffer (Contribution by), Kor Oldenbroek (Contribution by), Christian Maltecca (Contribution by), F. Tiezzi (Contribution by), Bradley J. Heins (Contribution by), Peter Amer (Contribution by), Tim Byrne (Contribution by), Mekonnen Haile-Mariam (Contribution by), Mike Coffey (Contribution by), Oscar González-Recio (Contribution by), Alejandro Saborio-Montero (Contribution by), Adrián López-García (Contribution by), Beatriz Delgado (Contribution by), Cristina Óvilo (Contribution by), John Cole (Contribution by), Christa Egger-Danner (Contribution by), B. Heringstad (Contribution by), Nicolas Gengler (Contribution by), Hélène Soyeurt (Contribution by), Thuy T. T. Nguyen (Contribution by), Roel Veerkamp (Contribution by), Mathijs van Pelt (Contribution by), Hinayah R. Oliveira (Contribution by), Fabyano F. Silva (Contribution by), Flavio Schenkel (Contribution by), James Koltes (Contribution by), Francisco Peñagaricano (Contribution by), Matt Littlejohn (Contribution by), Chad Harland (Contribution by), Joel Ira Weller (Contribution by), Peter Sullivan (Contribution by), Raphael Mrode (Contribution by), Trudee Fair (Contribution by), Pat Lonergan (Contribution by), Alison Van Eenennaam (Contribution by), Amy E. Young (Contribution by), Didier Boichard (Contribution by)
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This collection reviews the latest research on dairy cattle genetics and advanced methods of genetic evaluation and selection.

After an overview of genetic improvements achieved so far, Part 1 assesses the problem of inbreeding and genetic diversity in modern dairy cattle as well as opportunities for crossbreeding. Part 2 then goes onto review research on targeting non-production traits such as fertility, feed conversion efficiency and methane emissions as well as resistance to disease and ...