A selection of chapters in this collection:
Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve fertility/reproductive efficiency: Mekonnen Haile-Mariam, Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Australia; and Jennie Pryce, Agriculture Victoria and La Trobe University, Australia
Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve heat tolerance: Thuy T. T. Nguyen, Agriculture Victoria, Australia
Advances and constraints in conventional breeding of pigs: David S. Buchanan, North Dakota State University, USA
Factors affecting the reproductive efficiency of boars: M. L. W. J. Broekhuijse, Topigs Norsvin Research Center B.V., The Netherlands
Breeding and management strategies to improve reproductive efficiency in dairy cattle: D. J. Ambrose, University of Alberta, Canada and J. P. Kastelic, University of Calgary, Canada
Improving the reproductive efficiency of sheep: J. P. C. Greyling, University of the Free State, South Africa
Genetic evaluation: use of genomic data in large-scale genetic evaluations in dairy cattle breeding: Joel Ira Weller, The Volcani Center, Israel
Improving phenotypic prediction in dairy cattle breeding using the metagenome: Oscar González-Recio, Alejandro Saborio-Montero, Adrián López-García, Beatriz Delgado and Cristina Óvilo, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Spain
International genomic evaluation methods for dairy cattle: Peter Sullivan, Canadian Dairy Network, Canada
Linking genotype to phenotype: improving functional annotation in dairy cattle breeding: James E. Koltes, Iowa State University, USA; and Francisco Peñagaricano, University of Florida, USA
