Issues and perspectives in dairy sheep breeding
The present review consists of two parts. In the first part, the authors briefly describe the state of the art of breeding<br />programmes for Italian dairy sheep; then they report new models for genetic evaluation and consider the problem of<br />genotype x environment interaction and t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/231 |
| Summary: | The present review consists of two parts. In the first part, the authors briefly describe the state of the art of breeding<br />programmes for Italian dairy sheep; then they report new models for genetic evaluation and consider the problem of<br />genotype x environment interaction and the impact of farming systems on the genetic merit of animals. In the second<br />part new breeding goals regarding the evolution of milk quality concept and the increasing importance of functional traits<br />are reported. Regarding milk quality, the authors especially focus on the traits related to cheese-making ability and on<br />the nutraceutical aspects of milk. Among functional traits, resistance to diseases (mastitis and Scrapie) has been highlighted<br />for its great importance in livestock species. Finally, the perspectives of marker-assisted selection have also been<br />reported. |
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| ISSN: | 1594-4077 1828-051X |