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| General Preface | |
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| Preface to Volume B7 | |
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| International Administration and Coordination of Efforts to Conserve and Effectively Utilize Cattle and Water Buffalo Genetic Resources | |
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| Man's dependence upon the genetic resources of domesticated plants and animals | |
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| Need for effective animal genetic resource management at the local, national and international levels | |
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| Roles of educational and research institutions | |
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| Roles of international organizations | |
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| Modern Needs for Different Genetic Types | |
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| The effect of environmental stress on productivity | |
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| Bos indicus versus Bos taurus cattle | |
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| Genotype - environment interaction | |
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| The role of the buffalo in animal production | |
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| Resistance to diseases or parasites | |
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| Crossbreeding and heterosis | |
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| Major genes | |
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| Double-muscling | |
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| Composition of animal products | |
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| Small populations - their vulnerability to extinction | |
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| Finale | |
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| Domestication: A Forward Step in Civilization | |
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| The origin of cattle and buffaloes | |
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| Dispersal of cattle from centres of domestication | |
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| Dispersal of buffaloes from centres of domestication | |
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| Present distribution of cattle and buffaloes | |
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| Possible future change in cattle and buffalo populations | |
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| Cattle Genetic Resources of West Africa | |
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| Cattle numbers | |
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| Principal cattle genetic types | |
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| Genetic improvement in traditional cattle breeding | |
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| Genetic improvement through the introduction of foreign breeds | |
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| Special Regional Problems of Breeding Resources - Latin American and Caribbean Examples | |
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| Criollo cattle of Latin American | |
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| Criollo cattle and milk production | |
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| Criollo cattle for beef production | |
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| Criollo cattle in the Andes | |
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| Special problems associated with breeding for milk production in the Andes | |
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| Milk production in the semi-tropical and tropical zones | |
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| Beef breeding in semi-tropical and tropical zones | |
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| Cattle for work | |
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| Buffaloes in Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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| Utilizing Genetic Resources in Canada | |
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| Introduction of cattle to North America | |
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| Early breeding research | |
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| New breeds in Canada | |
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| Canadian research with the new breeds | |
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| Future research | |
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| Genetic Resource Problems: Temperate North America | |
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| Present and future status of cattle populations | |
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| Breeding programmes | |
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| Control of reproduction | |
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| Exchange of genetic material | |
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| Management considerations | |
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| Draught Cattle World Resources, Systems of Utilization and Potential for Improvement | |
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| World utilization of draught cattle | |
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| Choice of technology and management systems | |
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| Systems of utilizing draught cattle | |
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| The breeding of draught cattle | |
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| Prospects and priorities | |
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| Breed Identification and Development | |
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| Breed definition and history | |
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| Present importance of cattle breeds | |
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| Overview | |
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| Tools of selection | |
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| Population Genetics, Molecular Markers and Gene Conservation of Bovine Breeds | |
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| How did the present degree of genetic erosion come about? | |
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| Reasons for conservation | |
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| Genetic resources | |
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| Population structure | |
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| Diversity | |
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| Population structure and practical conservation | |
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| Phylogenetic patterns | |
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| Case histories | |
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| Application to practical conservation: recommendations | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| List of Contributors | |
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| Subject Index | |