Dairy cattle breeding and reproduction
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This book is intended as a reference to support practical training sessions in artificial insemination.
Warning: You should not attempt to artificially inseminate your cows until you have undertaken a practical training program that meets the requirements of the Animal Research Act 1985 and Regulations 1995. This book is intended as a reference to support such practical training sessions.
Contents include:
Part A - Artificial insemination
- Introduction
- Reproduction in cattle
- Heat detection
- Hygiene
- Semen preparation
- Insemination technique
- Heat synchronisation
- Embryo transfer
Part B - Strategies for efficient reproduction
- Factors affecting reproductive performance
- Diseases and other conditions affecting cattle
- Reproduction and humans
- Breeding records
- Improving reproductive efficiency
- Heifer matings
Part C - Understanding and using Australian breeding values
- Bull proofs - how they developed in the Australian dairy industry
- What herd recording information is needed?
- The base
- First comes survival, then other traits
- Using ABVs
- Selection and ABVs
- Choosing sires and dams
- Inbreeding
- Production of indexes and ABVs
- Breeding and payment systems
ISBN 0 7347 1359 2
Book details
| Title | Dairy cattle breeding and reproduction |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Ross Coomber,Ken Phillips |
| Pages | 138 |
| Catalogue number | B453 |
| Year of publish | 2003 |
| Price | $44.00AUD (inc GST) purchase online |