The Cattle of the Tropics / John P. Maule

CONTENTS

1: The Pattern of Cattle Breeding in the Tropics
Introduction of European Dairy Breeds;The Value of Indigenous Breeds; Crossbreeding; Are Crossbreeds the Right Answer?

2: The Cattle of the Tropics
Zebu Cattle ( Bos Indicus) ; Sanga Cattle; Humpless Cattle; Humped x Humpless; Nondescript Cattle; What is a Breed?; A Classification of Tropical Breeds of Cattle

3: Characteristics of Tropical
Physical Characteristics; Conformation; Size; Fitness Characters; Production Characteristics; Sexual Behavior in Bulls; The Uses of Cattle in the Tropics; Social Values

4: Breeds of Cattle
1 Asian
2 African
3 American
4 Australian

5: Newbreeds and Crossbreeds
Breed Formation; Breed Societies; Vanishing Breeds; Developing New Dairy Breeds; The Jamaica Hope; Australian Fresian Sahiwal (AFS); sUNANDINI; rECENT dEVELOPMENTS; cROSSBREEDS

6: Breed Dispersal
Introduction of Indian Breeds to Brazil; Ongole Cattlein SouthEast Asia; Sahiwal Exports; Movements of African Breeds

7: Evaluation and Performance
What do we Mean by Evaluation?; Evaluation of Breed Performance; Milk Recording; Herd Recording; Evaluation of Beef Cattle; Breed Performance and Evaluation

8: Improving Productivity
How can Production be Improved?; Improving Breeding Efficiency; Raising Standards of Management; Genetic Improvement of Indigenous Cattle

9: Future Prospects
Breeds Capable of Higher Yields; Needs to Establish Large Breeding Herds; Can More use be made of some New Breeds?


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Includes: References p. 212-218 and Index p. 219-225