Behavioral genetics in Cattle- a review

Journal of Livestock Science

article

S. Fallahi¹ 

[1] Animal Science Department, Amino Techno Gene Private Virtual Lab

关键词: Cattle behavioral traits;    Behavioral genetics;    Cattle performance;    Cattle breeding;    Animal welfare;    Animal ethics;   

DOI  :  10.33259/JLivestSci.2019.102-108

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Journal of Livestock Science

【 摘 要 】

Behavioral traits are the main controllable factors for domesticating cattle. The traits profoundly influenceon the longevity of cattle and play a remarkable role in animal welfare assessment and animal ethics limitationsdetermination. In the present study, the genetics of cattle behavior is discussed. Current breeding status of cattlebehavioral traits is also reviewed, regarding the high individual variation of behavioral traits and almost highcorrelations between the traits and performance. Moreover, recent findings of characterizing quantitative trait loci(QTL) for behavioral traits of cattle is considered, as well as the most important problems in the breeding of cattlebehavioral traits such as a large variety of methods which are used to evaluate the traits.

【 授权许可】

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