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Course code: BHS10032o13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: ADVANCED ANIMAL BREEDING
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 7
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Heliodor Wierzbicki
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: After completing the course a student will be able to evaluate the breeding value using the specialized computer software as well as selecting best animals and applying mating and crossbreeding strategies in the breeding plans.
Competences: Designing, implementing and monitoring the breeding plans, working for the sector of animal breeding (breeders’ associations, AI stations, nucleus herds, animal recording, etc.).
Prerequisites: Genetics, general animal breeding
Course content: The overall purpose of the course is to provide students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills concerning genetic variation in populations of animals bred by human and methods used for evaluating the breeding value, selecting animals, mating and crossbreeding animals and estimating heterosis effects.
Recommended literature: Falconer D.S., Mackay T.F.C. Introduction to quantitative genetics. 4th ed. Longman House, Burnt Mill, Harlow, England, 1996 Draper N.R., Smith H. Applied regression analysis. 3rd edition. A Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1998 Kulisiewicz Z., Wierzbicki H., Zwolińska-Bartczak I., Żuk B. Metody hodowlane. Przewodnik do ćwiczeń. Skrypty Akademii Rolniczej we Wrocławiu nr 476, Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej we Wrocławiu, Wrocław 2002 Żuk B. Metody genetyki populacji w hodowli zwierząt. PWRiL, Warszawa 1973 Żuk B. Biometria stosowana. PWN, Warszawa 1989
Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory training Written exam
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