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ANB 301: Principles and Practices of Animal Breeding

Credit Hours: 3 (2+1)
Full Marks: 75 (Theory: 50, Practical: 25)

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Understand the fundamental principles and scope of animal breeding.
Identify and manage animal genetic resources (AnGR) and strategies for conservation.
Apply breeding techniques to improve livestock and poultry performance.
Understand heritability, repeatability, selection methods, mating systems, and biotechnology in animal breeding.

Animal breeding, importance, and scope in livestock improvement.
Genetic resources and sustainable development of indigenous and rare breeds.
Variation, heredity, gene action, heritability, and repeatability.
Selection principles, mating systems, inbreeding, outbreeding.
Genetic resistance to diseases and traits of economic importance.
Biotechnology in animal breeding: nuclear transplantation, transgenic animals, and their application.

S.N.	Topic	No. of Lectures
1	Introduction, history, and importance of animal breeding	2
2	Animal genetic resources and sustainable development	2
3	Importance of indigenous breeds and economic values	2
4	Rare breeds of different species and their characteristics	2
5	Reasons for endangerment; strategies for conservation	2
6	Variation and causes of variation	2
7	Importance of heredity and environment	2
8	Concept of heritability and repeatability	2
9	Selection: principles, basis, methods, parameters	2
10	Mating systems: inbreeding and outbreeding	2
11	Concept of genetic resistance to diseases and parasites	2
12	Important economic traits of livestock and poultry	2
13	Transgenic animals and their production	2
14	Animal biotechnology and recent advances	4
Total		30

S.N.	Practical Activities	No. of Practicals
1	Estimation of heritability using regression and correlation	1
2	Estimation of heritability using twin comparison and selection	1
3	Estimation of heritability using one-way and nested design	2
4	Estimation of repeatability	1
5	Estimation of variance components and means	2
6	Breeding value, PBA (Probable Breeding Ability), MPPA (Most Probable Producing Ability)	2
7	Calculation of inbreeding relationship and coefficient	2
8	Estimation of selection parameters and selection index	2
9	Livestock farm data analysis and report writing	2
Total		15

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Nicholl, D.S.T. (1994). An Introduction to Genetic Engineering, Cambridge University Press.
Stufflebeam, C.E. (1989). Genetics of Domestic Animals, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
Warwick & Legates (1979). Breeding and Improvement of Farm Animals.
Hutt, F.B. (1982). Animal Genetics.
Johansson, I. & Rendel, J. (1968). Genetics and Animal Breeding.