Genetic and Economic Evaluation of Nucleus Breeding Schemes for Commercial Artificial Insemination Firms

شبیه سازی طرح های بهینه اصلاح نژادی هسته باز به منظور بهبود صفات رشد و ترکیب لاشه بره های لری بختیاری

     The objectives of this research were to simulate and optimize three open nucleus breeding schemes for improvement of growth traits and carcass composition in Lori-Bakhtiari lambs with 500 ewes in nucleus using a deterministic approach. These schemes were: scheme 1 with natural mating and mating ratio (M) of 50 ewes per ram in nucleus and member flocks (base), scheme 2 with artificial insem...

Breeding the Problem Mare by Artificial Insemination

Horse breeding is the procedure by which an adequate number of sperm are deposited into the uterus of a “healthy” mare at the right time. Although semen deposition is performed in all breeds by natural cover (NC), it is often, and with increasing frequency, done artificially. Although the main difference between natural breeding and artificial insemination (AI) is the delivery method of semen i...

Economic comparison of natural service and timed artificial insemination breeding programs in dairy cattle.

The objective was to compare the costs of natural service (NS) and timed artificial insemination (TAI) as breeding programs for dairy cows. Both programs were directly compared in a field study from November 2006 to March 2008. Reproductive results in that study were similar and served as inputs for this study. A herd budget accounting for all costs and revenues was created. Net cost during the...

Economic evaluation of progeny-testing and genomic selection schemes for small-sized nucleus dairy cattle breeding programs in developing countries.

In developing countries minimal and erratic performance and pedigree recording impede implementation of large-sized breeding programs. Small-sized nucleus programs offer an alternative but rely on their economic performance for their viability. We investigated the economic performance of 2 alternative small-sized dairy nucleus programs [i.e., progeny testing (PT) and genomic selection (GS)] ove...

Comparative evaluation of pregnancy rates in Dutch laboratory rabbit after insemination and natural breeding