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Animal Breeding

Allgemeine Tierzucht

Lecturers & Examiners: PD Dr. Stefan Neuenschwander, Prof. Dr. Hubert Pausch
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Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:37:15

Abstract

The introduction to the basics of animal breeding covers the most important performance characteristics of farm animals and discusses the importance of animal production. The inheritance patterns of qualitative and quantitative traits are shown and the terms kinship, inbreeding, heritability, selection intensity, breeding value and breeding success are explained in detail.

Objective

The students - know the performance characteristics of farm animals and how to breed them. - are able to calculate and assess simple pedigree relationships and inbreeding. - can calculate selection limits and selection success - can determine the breeding value from their own performance or the performance of relatives - know the advantages and disadvantages of pure and crossbreeding

Content

- Domestication, breeding history. - Genetic markers and their applications in animal breeding - Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, kinship, inbreeding - Model of performance, heritability, genotype-environment interaction - Breeding progress, selection, breeding value - Breeds, pure breeding, crossbreeding, heterosis - Key figures of reproduction, growth, meat yield, milk yield

Resources

Lecture Notes

Transparencies and single chapters of textbook are made available on homepage.

Literature

Tierzucht (Willam/Simianer) UTB 3526 2. Auflage (2017) Additional literature to be announced in the lecture.

General Information

Language
German
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Nach Ostern werden obligatorische Kurzübungen zur Vertiefung des Lehrinhaltes aufgeschaltet (25% der Schlussnote)Schriftliche, open-book Prüfung am Semesterende (75% der Schlussnote)

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Allgemeine Tierzucht
Pflichtexkursion (Anwesenheitskontrolle): Lineare Beschreibung und Einteilung (LBE) mit Stefan Hodel (Chefexperte), Braunvieh Schweiz. Treffen: Strickhof-Lindau, Eschikon 21, 8315 Lindau Details werden in der Vorlesung bekannt gegeben.
  • Thu 14:15-16:00 (LFW B 1)
2 h weekly

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