Poultry genetics, breeding and biotechnology / edited by W.M. Muir and S.E. Aggrey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muir, W. M. (William M.)

Aggrey, S. E. (Samuel E.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poultry--Breeding.

Poultry.

Poultry--Genetics.

Poultry--Genetic engineering.

Genetic engineering.

Physical Description:

xiii, 706 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., [2003]

Summary:

In this comprehensive research book issues associated with poultry breeding are addressed, by examining quantitative and molecular genetics and the uses of transgenic technology. The important area of disease resistance and transmission is also covered in a special section looking at the genetics of disease resistance. This book represents the first complete integration of our current knowledge of biotechnology and quantitative and molecular genetics as applied to poultry breeding.

Contents:

Part I. Problems and Issues Associated with Poultry Breeding

1. Industrial Perspective on Problems and Issues Associated with Poultry Breeding / James A. Arthur, Gerard A.A. Albers 1

2. Growth and Reproduction Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Broiler Meat Production / E. Decuypere, V. Bruggeman, G.F. Barbato, J. Buyse 13

3. Skeletal Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Production / Colin C. Whitehead, Robert H. Fleming, Richard J. Julian, Poul Sorensen 29

4. Meat Quality Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Production / Herve Remignon, Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval 53

5. Behaviour Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Production / J.B. Kjaer, J.A. Mench 67

6. Genotype-Environment Interactions: Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Production / P.K. Mathur 83

Part II. Breeding Strategies and Objectives

7. Breeding Objectives and Selection Strategies for Layer Production / A.F. Groen 101

8. Breeding Objectives and Selection Strategies for Broiler Production / Derek Emmerson 113

9. Use of Mixed Model Methodology in Breeding Strategies for Layers / B. Besbes, V. Ducrocq 127

10. Application of Mixed Model Methodology in Breeding Strategies for Meat-type Birds / Stanislaw Wezyk, Jan Jankowski 147

11. Use of Mixed Model Methodology in Poultry Breeding: Estimation of Genetic Parameters / Tomasz Szwaczkowski 165

12. Use of Mixed Model Methodology in Poultry Breeding: Assumptions, Limitations and Concerns of BLUP-based Selection Programmes / Margaret Quinton 203

13. Direct Selection for Improvement of Animal Well-being / J.M. Faure, W. Bessei, R.B. Jones 221

14. Indirect Selection for Improvement of Animal Well-being / W.M. Muir 247

15. Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Poultry / Mary E. Delany 257

Part III. Disease Resistance and Transmission

16. Progress and Prospects in Resistance to Disease / U. Kuhnlein, S.E. Aggrey, D. Zadworny 283

17. Genetics of the Immune System / J. Plachy, P. Kaiser, K. Hala 293

18. Genetic Resistance and Transmission of Avian Bacteria and Viruses / N. Bumstead 311

19. Genetic Resistance and Transmission of Avian Parasites / Marie-Helene Pinard-van der Laan, Hyun S. Lillehoj, James J. Zhu 329

20. Selection for Disease Resistance: Conventional Breeding for Resistance to Bacteria and Viruses / C. Beaumont, G. Dambrine, A.M. Chausse, D. Flock 357

21. Selection for Disease Resistance: Molecular Genetic Techniques / Hans H. Cheng 385

22. Selection for Disease Resistance: Direct Selection on the Immune Response / Susan J. Lamont, Marie-Helene Pinard-van der Laan, Avigdor Cahaner, Jan J. van der Poel, Henk K. Parmentier 399

Part IV. The Use of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Poultry

23. Genetic Markers: Prospects and Applications in Genetic Analysis / Samuel E. Aggrey, Ronald Okimoto 419

24. Designs and Methods to Detect QTL for Production Traits Based on Mapped Genetic Markers / Johan A.M. van Arendonk, Henk Bovenhuis 439

25. Designs and Methods to Detect QTL for Production Traits Based on Random Genetic Models / Nengjun Yi, Shizhong Xu 465

26. Structural Genomics: Integrating Linkage, Physical and Sequence Maps / Martien A.M. Groenen, Richard P.M.A. Crooijmans 497

27. Incorporating Molecular Information in Breeding Programmes: Methodology / Rohan L. Fernando, Liviu R. Totir 537

28. Incorporating Molecular Information in Breeding Programmes: Applications and Limitations / W.M. Muir 549

29. Comparative Genomics / David W. Burt 563

30. Functional Genomics: Development and Gene Regulation / John Killefer, Hakan Kocamis 607

31. Expressed Sequence Tags, DNA Chip Technology and Gene Expression Profiling / Larry A. Cogburn, Robin Morgan, Joan Burnside 629

32. DNA Polymorphisms in Functional Genes / U. Kuhnlein, S.E. Aggrey, N. Kansaku, D. Zadworny 647

33. Strategies for the Production of Transgenic Chickens / James N. Petitte 665

34. The Future of Molecular Genetics in Poultry Breeding / Jerry B. Dodgson 685.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0851996604

OCLC:

50479229