The goals of Chapter 9 in your text are to enable you to:
- Define animal breeding and explain its contributions to animal science.
- Describe the general principles of animal breeding as it applies to beef cattle.
- Define heritability and genetic correlations.
- Explain how to use EPDs in beef cattle breeding.
- Describe the uses and benefits of a beef cattle sire summary.
- Describe the general principles of animal breeding as it applies to dairy cattle.
- Explain why associations among traits are so important to dairy cattle selection.
- Identify goals on traits of emphasis in dairy cattle selection.
- Describe the DHI system and explain its use in dairy cattle selection.
- List the ways in which swine genetic improvement is similar to and different from the other major species.
- Describe the difference in the way breeds influence the swine industry compared to the other industries.
- Describe the general principles of animal breeding as it applies to sheep.
Now that you have studied this chapter in your text, the following questions will check your understanding and will help you to remember key points. Be sure to refer to the book for further study if you answer a question incorrectly.
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