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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 | |