ANIM 414 — Applied Animal Breeding
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Principles of selection; genetic effect of selection; selection for different kinds of gene action. Basis for selection. Methods of selection, Response to selection and factors affecting it. Systems of mating; Systems of breeding and selection for the genetic improvement of various species of livestock. Special problems of implementing genetic improvement of livestock programmes in the tropics (with particular reference to Ghana); Open nucleus breeding schemes.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).