Breeding Services for Small Dairy Farmers: Sharing the Indian Experience

Content: APPROACH TO BREEDING PROGRAMMES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Trends in Livestock Production: Introduction
 Major Issues
 India's Livestock Sector
 Potential of Breed Improvement
 Limitations to Breed Improvement
 Methods for Production Improvement
 Breed Conservation and DevelopmentBreeding Programme for Large Ruminants Kept by Small Farmers: Introduction
 Breeding Policy
 Breeding Schemes
 Breeding PlanProduction of Breeding Bulls: Introduction
 Import of Bulls, Semen and Embryos
 Bull Purchase
 Transport of Animal
 Bull Production in the Breeding area
 Bull Mother FarmsFrozen Semen Production: Breeding Bulls
 Deep Frozen Semen Production Station (DFSPS)
 Semen Collection
 Semen Processing
 Frozen Semen Storage
 Frozen Semen Dispatch
 Manpower RequirementManagement of Artificial Insemination Service: Introduction
 Artificial Insemination Unit
 Monitoring and Control of Artificial Insemination Units
 Regional Semen Supply Station
 Liquid NitrogenField Performance Recording: Introduction
 Animal Identification
 Recording Milk and Milk Constituents
 Organisation of a field Performance Recording Programme
 Information Management
 Conformation RecordingProgeny Testing of Bulls: Introduction
 Step Involved
 Proven Bulls
 Time Taken to Get the Sire Proof
 Accuracy of the Progeny TestGENETIC AND STATISTICS FOR PRACTICAL WORK: A 'HANDS-ON APPROACH': A. Quantitative Genetics: IntroductionSources of Variation: Qualitative and Quantitative Characters
 Genetic and Environmental Sources of Variation
 Heritability
 Estimating Heritability
 Identical Twins
 Genotype by Environmental InteractionSelection: Principles of Selection
 Consequences of Selection
 Individual Selection
 Pedigree Selection
 Family Selection
 Progeny Selection
 Factors Affecting Selection Progress
 Generation Interval
 Annual Genetic Gain
 Time Factor in Selection ProgrammeBreeding Value: Breeding Value Based on Progeny Records
 Breeding Value from Individual Records
 Breeding Value Based on Pedigree I