animal breeding

Definition

Animal breeding is a branch of animal husbandry and has been defined as follows:

[Animal] breeding is the deliberate selection and directed mating of animals in a breeding population with the intention of producing offspring that, on average, are closer in their characteristics to a defined breeding objective than the parent generation. (Original source: "Züchten ist die gezielte Selektion und gerichtete Paarung von Tieren einer Zcuhtpopulation mit der Absicht Nachkommen zu erzeugen, die im Durchschnitt in ihren Eigenschaften einem definierten Zuchtziel näher sind als die Elterngeneration".)

Reference

  1. Willam, Alfons, Simianer, Henner 2017 Zuchtprogramm. German Tierzucht. 2 ed. Verlag Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co, Stuttgart, DEU. pp. 243-316.
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
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animal breeding

EUPH Code

[2969]

EUPH IRI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_423

Created

2023-01-23

Updated

2025-02-25
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Author: Michael Rubinigg

Definition

Author: Michael Rubinigg

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Authors: Michael Rubinigg

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English
animal breeding

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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German
Tierzucht

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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