Obesity is a rising worldwide public health problem. Difficulties to precisely measure various obesity traits and the genetic heterogeneity in human have been major impediments to completely disentangle genetic factors causing obesity. The pig is a relevant model for studying human obesity and obesity-related (OOR) traits. Using founder breeds divergent with respect to obesity traits we have cr...

SUMMARY Breeding objectives are largely determined by market tropics, the overall breeding objective can be considered in reproductive rate, carcass quality, adaptation and temperament. a simple efficient se:ection trait. Reas~ns why potential increas .. size are not as d1sadvantageous as 1n temperate areas are Reproductive performance has been less important in harsh environments because of th...

Some of the major issues faced by the poultry industry are about; improving efficiency of production, reducing environmental pollution resulted from litter and reducing food cost. In general, to meet these challenges, series of attempts have been made by researchers. Some of them are inclusion of food additives to improve growth performance, reduction of specific nutrient concentration or manip...