Books

Title - Name

Animal Breeding: Technology for the 21st Century

Highlights

This book provides a scientific review of recent advances in genetics, embryology and molecular biology of possible use in animal breeding. The content is split into three main parts: (i) Manipulating the embryo; (ii) Mapping the genome; and (iii) Engineering the genome. Specific topics covered are e.g. embryo development, nuclear transfer, embryonic stem cells, gene mapping, identification and cloning of trait genes, marker assisted selection, production of transgenic livestock, genetic modification of traits, therapeutic proteins, and xenografts from livestock.

Author(s)

Clark, A.J. (ed)

Year, Pages, ISBN

1998, 252 pp, ISBN 90-5702-292-3

Publisher

Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

URL address

http://www.gbhap.com/

Title - Name

Beef Breeding in South Africa

Highlights

This book contains valuable information on the latest developments in Beef cattle breeding. Topics include:

• selection as the base of improvement in beef cattle
• selecting cattle for functional efficiency
• breeding objectives
• the use of estimated breeding values in the South African beef industry
• cross-breeding in beef cattle
• the application of DNA technology in beef cattle breeding
• Performance test data (1993-1998) as well as photographs of 26 beef cattle breeds participating in the National Beef Cattle Performance Testing Scheme of the ARC are also included.

Author(s)

Ms M. de Meyer

Publisher

ARC Animal Improvement Institute, ARC-All, Private Bag X2, Irene 0062, South Africa

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Title - Name

Breeding for Disease Resistance in Farm Animals, 2nd Edition

Highlights

The book consists of specially commissioned chapters to provide more comprehensive and balanced review of the subject. Two additional editors, Stephen Bishop from the world-famous Roslin Institute, and Frank Nicholas, author of a widely respected textbook on veterinary genetics, have been brought in, as have several new contributors. As the subject of breeding for disease resistance rather than controlling diseases using expensive chemicals continues to be topical, this book will attract wide interest. The book gives full coverage of important areas of development by those leading the field.

Author(s)

R F E Axford, University of Wales, S C Bishop, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, F W Nicholas, University of Sydney, Australia, and J B Owen, University of Wales, UK

URL address

http://www.cabi.org/Bookshop

Title - Name

Breeding services for small dairy farmers: sharing the Indian experience

Highlights

This book systematically introduces the reader to the breed improvement theory and illustrates the theory with practical examples and case studies. The book is addressed to animal science teachers, to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as to decision makers in the state and central livestock departments

Author(s)

C. T. Chacko and F. Schneider

Title - Name

Controlled Reproduction in Cattle and Buffaloes

Highlights

This book is the first in a set of four providing a series on controlled reproduction in farm animals. The aim of the series is to provide a general review of the literature dealing with the different ways in which reproduction in the major farm mammals to be controlled and manipulated. This volume focuses on cattle and buffaloes. It will appeal to reproductive physiologists and workers in animal production, animal breeding and veterinary medicine.

Author(s)

Ian Gordon, Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry, University College, Dublin, Ireland

URL address

http://www.cabi.org/bookshop

Title - Name

Controlled Reproduction in Pigs

Highlights

This book is the third in a set of four providing a series on controlled reproduction in farm animals. This volume focuses on pigs. It will appeal to reproductive physiologists and workers in animal production, animal breeding and veterinary medicine.

Author(s)

Ian Gordon, Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry, University College, Dublin, Ireland

URL address

http://www.cabi.org/bookshop

Title - Name

Controlled Reproduction in Sheep and Goats

Highlights

This book is the second in a set of four providing a series on controlled reproduction in farm animals. This volume focuses on sheep and goats. It will appeal to reproductive physiologists and workers in animal production, animal breeding and veterinary medicine.

Author(s)

Ian Gordon, Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry, University College, Dublin, Ireland

URL address

http://www.cabi.org/bookshop

Title - Name

Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits (Quantitative Genetics – Volume 2)

Highlights

This second book of the two-volume set in Quantitative Genetics will focus on the evolutionary dynamics of quantita tive characters under natural and/or artificial selection and random genetic drift. The book is in preparation but several drafts are currently available at the URL address given). Examples of contents: Genetic drift, including changes in non-additive variances; Selection theory: changes in means and variances, short and long-term response, effects of finite population size, index selection; Measuring selection in natural populations; Phenotypic evolution models: applications to ecology, paleobiology, marcoevolution, sexual selection; Maintenance of quantitative genetic variability.

Author(s)

Lynch, M. and Walsh, B. (jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu)

URL address

http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zbook/volume 2/vol2.html

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Title - Name

Genebanks and the Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources

Highlights

This book was written in 1999 as an addition to the work on animal genetic conservation published by then by EAAP and FAO. The book includes chapters on conservation strategies, how to measure genetic uniqueness in livestock and select breeds for conservation, and also how to establish and operate a conservation scheme, and develop an expert system for conservation.

Author(s)

Oldenbroek, J.K. (ed.)

Year, ISBN

1999, ISBN 90-7512406-6

Publisher

DLO Institute for Animal Science and Health, P.O.Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands

URL address

http://www.do.asg.wur.nl/ASG/documenten/onderzoek/
1999Oldenbroek_Genebanks.pdf

Title - Name

Genetic Conservation of Domestic Livestock, Volume 2

Highlights

This book presents selected edited papers from the Budapest conference, reporting new developments and initiatives in this expanding field of research. Contributors came from all over the world, and the book will interest geneticists, animal breeders and others concerned with rare breeds.

Author(s)

Lawrence Alderson, Chairman of Rare Breeds International, and IMRE BODO, University of Veterinary Science, Budapest, Hungary

URL address

http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0851988091.html

Title - Name

Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits (Quantitative Genetics – Volume 1)

Highlights

This comprehensive text-book is the first of a two-volume set that bring together a diverse array of theoretical and empirical applications of quantitative genetics. The present volume primarily focus on the basic biological properties of quantitative traits, and on the statistical approaches for analyzing such traits. Examples of contents: Resemblance between relatives; Genetic variance components; Detecting major genes; Polygenes and polygenetic mutation; QTL mapping in inbred and outbred populations; Line cross analysis, inbreeding and outbreeding depression; Distribution theory, matrix methods, scaling and transformation; Estimation: regression, ANOVA, BLUP, and REML; Sibs, dialleles, correlated characters, GxE, maternal effects, sex-linked, threshold characters

Author(s)

Lynch, M. and Walsh,B.(jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu)

Year, Pages, ISBN

1998, 980 pp, ISBN 0-87893-481-2

Publisher

Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, USA

URL address

http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zbook/volume_1/vol1.html

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Title - Name

Genomes, 2nd edition

Highlights

The book covers modern molecular genetics from the genomics perspective and consists of four main parts: Genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes; Studying genomes; How genomes function; and How genomes replicate and evolve. Some examples of individual chapters: Studying DNA; Mapping genomes; Sequencing genomes; Mutation, repair and recombination; and, Molecular phylogenetics. Color diagrams in the printed book can be downloaded from the book's website.

Author(s)

Year, Pages, ISBN

2002, 520 pp, 0-471-25046-5

Publisher

Wiley & Sons, New York. USA

URL address

http://www.wiley.com/brown

Title - Name

Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise

Highlights

This is a World Bank Report produced by the Task Force on Higher Education and Society (2000). The report Highlights the role of higher education in supporting and enhancing the process of economic and social development in developing countries. Recommendations on how to overcome obstacles are given as well.

Author(s)

The Task Force on Higher Education and Society

Year, Pages, ISBN

2000, 172 pp, ISBN: 0-8213-4630-X

Publisher

The World Bank

URL address

http://www.tfhe.net

Order Info

The full report (English and Spanish) can be downloaded at the above URL address World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington DC 20433, USA. Fax: +1 202-477-6391 E-mail: books@worldbank.org

Title - Name

Indigenous breeds, Local Communities: Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspective

Highlights

Indigenous breeds of livestock are uniquely adapted to the conditions where they developed. They thrive in conditions where modern “high-performance” breeds quickly succumb to drought, hunger and disease. They are vital for the livelihoods of millions of farmers and livestock keepers throughout the developing world.

This book describes the threats to these breeds, and describes how to document them as a first step in conserving them in collaboration with the communities where they evolved.

Author(s)

Sansthan, L. P. and Köhler-Rollefson, I.

Year, Pages, ISBN

2005, 79 pp, 81-901624-1-1

Publisher

LPPS

URL address

http://www.mamud.com/indigenous_breeds.htm

Title - Name

An introduction to Genetic Analysis, 8th edition

Highlights

Examples of issues covered in the book: Patterns of inheritance; DNA structure and replication; Regulation of gene transcription: Genome structure and engineering; Mutation, repair and recombination; Dissection of gene function; Genetic basis of development; Population genetics; Quantitative genetics; Evolutionary genetics. The book has a Companion on-line website with resources both for instructors and for students

Author(s)

Griffiths, A.J.F, Wessler, S.R., Lewontin R.C. , Gelbart, W.M., Suzuki, D.T., Miller, J.H

Year, Pages, ISBN

2005, 782 pp, 0-7167-4939-4

Publisher

W.H.Freeman and Company, New York, USA

URL address

http://www.whfreeman.com/college/book.asp?1149000248
Companion site (on line): http://bcs.whfreeman.com/iga8e/

Title - Name

Introduction to Quantitative Genetics, 4^th ed.

Highlights

Like in previous editions this classical book provides the basis for understanding the genetic principles behind quantitative differences in phenotypes, and how they apply to animal and plant improvement and evolution. The book has been revised and updated to include new theory in quantitative genetics, use of molecular markers, as well as concepts necessary to understand and use computer programs for analysis of quantitative traits. It also has increased coverage of evolutionary quantitative genetics.

Author(s)

Falconer, D.S. & Mackay, T.F.C

Year, Pages, ISBN

1996, 464 pp, ISBN 0582-24302-5

Publisher

Longman, Essex, UK

URL address

http://www.longman.co.uk
http://www.pearsoneduc.com

Title - Name

Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Highlights

The book gives a general introduction to basic and molecular genetics, followed by chapters on single-gene disorders, chromosomal aberrations, immuno- and pharmacogenetics, parasites and pathogens, and control of inherited disorders. There are also chapters on inbreeding and small populations, quantitative variation and heritability, breed structure, selectionand crossbreeding, as well as applications of biotechnology in animal breeding. The book contains lists of single-gene and multifactorial disorders, and chromosome aberrations in domestic animals. These lists are also available (continuously updated) in the Internet (see the databases OMIA and OCOA under “Websites” in the Resources menu).

Author(s)

Nicholas, F.W.

Year, Pages, ISBN

1996, 317 pp, ISBN 0-19-854292-5 and 1998, 336 pp, ISBN 0-19-854293-3

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

Title - Name

Landrace breeds: South Africa's indigenous and locally developed farm animals

Highlights

The book is on South Africa's indigenous and locally developed breeds. It create awareness of these valuable resources and to facilitate conservation through sustainable commercial use. The book provides much needed information on the breeds as well as related services such as breed Societies, breeding and trading consultants, import and export agents and semen and embryo collection services.

Author(s)

FACT, P/Bag X2, Irene, 0062; Tel: (012) 672-9030; Fax: (012) 665-1503 or Email: AKotze@iapi1.agric.za

Year, Pages, ISBN

1996, 317 pp, ISBN 0-19-854292-5 and 1998, 336 pp, ISBN 0-19-854293-3

Publisher

The Farm Animal Conservation Trust (FACT) of South Africa

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Title - Name

Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values 2^nd Ed.

Highlights

The book covers basic principles of breeding value predictions of domestic animals, and the application of BLUP to genetic evaluations under various models, both in univariate and multivariate situations. Computing strategies for solving mixed model equations are also discussed, and so are non-additive genetic animal models. Some introductory matrix algebra is included in one of the appendices The book is aimed at advanced students of animal breeding and genetics, as well as practitioners in these subjects.

Author(s)

Mrode, R.A.

Year, Pages, ISBN

2005, 368 pp, ISBN 0851990002

Publisher

CAB International, Oxon, UK

URL address

http://www.cabi-publishing.org/bookshop/Search.asp

Title - Name

Livestock to 2020: The Next Food Revolution

Highlights

A team of researchers from IFPRI, FAO and ILRI collab orated to produce this comprehensive attempt at defining the nature, extent, scope, and implications of the “Livestock Revolution” in developing countries. The report discusses e.g. recent transformations of livestock food demand and supply, projections for demand and supply to 2020, implications on world trade and food prices, environmental sustainability, technology needs, etc.

Author(s)

Delgado, C., Rosengrant, M., Steinfeld, H., Simeon, E. and Courbois, C.

Year, Pages, ISBN

1999, 72 pp, ISBN 0-89629-632-6

Publisher

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

URL address

http://www.ifpri.org/2020/dp/dp28.pdf (see 2020 Vision -Discussion Paper 28)

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Title - Name

Livestock Handling and Transport, 2nd edition

Highlights

There is an old maxim that states that in order to become a good animal scientist, one must also become a good stockman. Livestock handling and Transport not only contains a wealth of useful information on stockmanship, but seamlessly integrates practical and behavioural principles with the physiological and immunological consequences of a variety of animal husbandry systems. This book should be essential reading for all animal science and veterinary students, and deserves a place on the bookshelf of all involved with the practice or principles of domestic animal farming. All aspects of animal handling and transport are covered, including handling for veterinary and husbandry procedures, restraint methods, transport systems, kraal and stockyard design, handling at slaughter plants and welfare. Principles of animal behaviour and how animal behavioural patterns are related to handling are covered for cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, deer and poultry.

Author(s)

Grandin, T. (ed)

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Title - Name

A manual for grant writing and proposal development: Handbook for preparing and writing research proposals

Highlights

This Handbook was written as a training aid for scientists who wish to enhance their skills in preparing and writing highly-competitive research proposals. It was written specifically for forest scientists in developing countries, but scientists and students everywhere, and from disciplines other than forestry, can accrue benefit from reading this material. A set of Power Point slides to aid instructors is also available.The manual is available in English,French and Spanish.

Author(s)

Reid, P.

Year, Pages, ISBN

2000, 164 pp, ISBN 3-901347-23-2

Publisher

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations: Special programme for developing countries (IUFRO-SPDC), Vienna, Austria

URL address

http://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/training-resource-centre/proposal-writing/

Order Info

The book is published on the web and can be downloaded in pdf-format at the above URL address.

Hard copies can also be ordered. E-mail: spdc@forvie.ac.at IUFRO-SPDC, Sechendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, A-1131 Vienna, Austria. Fax: +43 1-877-93-55

Title - Name

Mathematical and statistical methods for genetic analysis

Highlights

An excellent short text with a strong emphasis on probablistic and statistical issues, with a focus on human applications. During the past decade, geneticists have constructed detailed maps of the human genome and cloned scores of Mendelian disease genes. They now stand on the threshold of s equencing the genome in its entirety. The unprecedented insights into human d isease and evolution offered by mapping and sequencing will transform medicine and agriculture. This revolution depends vitally on the contributions of applied mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists. Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis is written to equip graduate students in the mathematical sciences to understand and model the epidemiological and experimental data encountered in genetics research. Mathematical, statistical, and computational principles relevant to this task are developed hand in hand with applications to gene mapping, risk prediction, and the testing of epidemiological hypotheses. The book includes many topics currently accessible only in journal articles, including pedigree analysis algorithms, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, reconstruction of evolutionary trees, radiation hybrid mapping, and models of recombination. Exercise sets are included.

Author(s)

Lange, K.

URL address

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-
/0387953892/qid=1128065501/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-

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Title - Name

The role of biotechnology in exploring and protecting agricultural genetic resources

Highlights

The book which is available on the web contains four chapters on the status of the world's livestock, fishery, crop and forest genetic resources respectively (Section I); two chapters on the use of cryopreservation and reproductive technologies for conservation of genetic resources (Section II); eight chapters dedicated to the use of molecular markers for characterization and conservation of genetic resources (Section III); and two chapters from the e-mail conference (Section IV).

The book is an output from a workshop held in Turin, Italy, in March 2005 (ch 1-14), and an e-mail conference (ch 15-16).

J. Ruane and A. Sonnino (Eds)

Publisher

FAO Working Group on Biotechnology.

Year, Pages, ISBN

2006, 188 pages, ISBN 92-5-105480-0

Contact

Email: john.ruane@fao.org

URL address

ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0399e/a0399e00.pdf

Title - Name

Selection Indices and Prediction of Genetic Merit in Animal Breeding

Highlights

This book describes the methodology for predicting the genetic merit of animals in the context of genetic improvement in an animal breeding programme. Information on animal and its relatives, on either the characteristic to be improved or from other traits, can be used to predict the animal's genetic merit, taking account of the relationships between measurements and the economic values of traits. The methodology is developed from first principles, without unnecessary detail or complexity, and all the required statistical and mathematical concepts are fully described in the book.

N D Cameron, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK

Publisher

CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, USA

URL address

http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/
~benliu/index.html

Title - Name

Statistical Genomics: Linkage, Mapping and QTL Analysis

Highlights

The book covers background information, such as basic genetics, mating design, and genetic markers. The book includes statistical theory for genomics, and it provides computer tools for genomic map construction and QTL analysis. Implementation of many the techniques presented is enhanced by useful statistical software, available on the Internet.

Author(s)

Liu, Ben-Hui

Year, Pages, ISBN

1998, 570pp, 0-8493-3166-8

URL address

http://www.cabi.org/bookshop

Title - Name

Statistical Inferences from Genetic Data on Pedigrees

Highlights

This monograph is based on lectures presented at a 1999 CBMS Summer Research Conference. It develops the probability models for genetic data on related individuals, from the meiosis level to data on extended pedigrees. The focus is on simple Mendelian traits, such as DNA markers, but on joint models for data at multiple genetic loci, such as arise in modern genome scan studies. The statistical approach is that of likelihood, maximum likelihood estimation, and methods for the analysis of latent-variable and hidden-Markov models including the EM algorithm, the Baum algorithm, and Monte Carlo imputation methods. The first half of the monograph develops the basic concepts and approaches, focusing on the ideas of gene identity by descent and the tracing of gene descent in pedigrees using meiosis indicators or inheritance vectors. This material should be accessible to first-year graduate students in statistics or biostatistics. Only a basic understanding of discrete probability and mathematical statistics (likelihood inference) are assumed. No genetic knowledge is presupposed, although some familiarity with basic terminology will be helpful. Building on these foundations, the second half of the monograph develops Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and Monte Carlo likelihood methods for the analysis of data on individuals in a known pedigree structure. This material is more specialized, but should be accessible to those who have mastered the earlier chapters, or who have studied hidden Markov models and MCMC methods. The objective is Monte Carlo estimation of likelihood surfaces and conditional probabilities, rather than Bayesian sampling of parameter spaces and posterior distributions. The penultimate chapter illustrates the methods presented, through detailed analysis of two examples, using recently implemented MCMC samplers and likelihood estimation procedures. The final chapter discusses related research areas and the potential for further development of methods.

Author(s)

Thompson, Elizabeth A. thompson@stat.washington.edu

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Email: imstat@faseb.org

Title - Name

Tropical Cattle: Origins, Breeds & Breeding Policies

Highlights

The book provides a comprehensive account of the origin, history and subsequent distribution of cattle throughout the tropical and sub-tropical world (Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania). The cattle breeds of these regions are classified and described. One third of the book covers breeding policies; attempts to achieve genetic improvements in tropical countries, as well as reasons for failures, are discussed, and new and more realistic breeding strategies are proposed. The development and future potential of biotechnology in tropical cattle breeding is also discussed.

Author(s)

Payne, W.J.A. & Hodges, J.

Year, Pages, ISBN

1997, 328 pp, ISBN 0-632-04048-3

Publisher

Blackwell Science, UK

Title - Name

Understanding Animal Breeding, 2^nd edition

Highlights

This book presents concepts and applications of animal breeding, first from a “top down” and thereafter from a “bottom up” perspective, while all the time keeping math to a minimum. It covers e.g. Mendelian inheritance, simply inherited and polygenic traits, quantitative traits and heritability, selection and factors affecting genetic change, genetic evaluation, correlated selection response, as well as mating systems, strategies and techniques.

Author(s)

Bourdon, R

Year, Pages, ISBN

2000, 523 pp, ISBN 0130964492

Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA

URL address

http://www.prenhall.com

Title - Name

A World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties, 5th Edition

Highlights

This dictionary covers cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses, asses and buffalo. It includes all names which have been applied to interbreeding groups of these species whether they are called breeds, sub-breeds, types, varieties, strains or lines. The region or the country of origin of each group is given and this is followed by a very brief description of the "breed" in terms of products, colour, and major morphological features. There is a note on the history of the breed and the dates of formation of breed societies herdbooks. Synonyms for its name are listed as well as the present conservation status.

Author(s)

V. Porter and I L Mason

Year, Pages, ISBN

2002, 352pp, ISBN 085199430XM

URL address

http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/
Agriculture/AnimalScienceVeterinaryScience/

Title - Name

Writing and Presenting Scientific Papers, 2^nd edition

Highlights

The aim of this book is to provide guidelines for preparing papers and presentations so the message can be transmitted clearly and concisely to the reader or listener. The book covers topics such as general aspects of science communication, scientific writing, popular science writing, literature searching, how to get started and to improve writing, and getting a paper into print. The book also includes chapters on oral presentations and visual displays, poster presentations, and, suggestions on how to train students in writing and presentation.

Author(s)

Malmfors, B., Garnsworthy, P. & Grossman, M.

Year, Pages, ISBN

2004, 153 pp, ISBN 1-897676-12-3

Publisher

Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK

URL address

http://www.nup.com

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Email: orders@nup.com, Fax: (+44) (0) 115 983 1003