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The book on Data Acquisition and Analysis in Animal Breeding is intended for Students, Researchers and Professionals in the field of Animal Breeding. The contents spread over 16 chapters include various aspects of collection, storage, processing, estimation, inference and applicability of data in animal breeding. Additionally, the annexure gives formats of registers and information on matrix operations. This book has been planned as a guidance for the user in approaching a data-driven animal breeding program. The initial chapters explain acquisition details such as record maintenance, computerization of data, calculation of economic traits and data base management system. A chapter on basic statistics has been included to understand the principles of experimental design, descriptive analysis, probability distribution and types of data. The different methods of animal breeding data analysis are explained with basic theory, assumptions and applicability. The chapter on Meta-analysis in animal breeding is unique and will guide the reader for obtaining powerful estimates of genetic parameters from existing studies. The use of specific software is explained with example files at appropriate places throughout the book and one exclusive chapter on software in animal breeding is also included. The book will be exclusively useful for the postgraduate and Ph.D. students of Animal Genetics and Breeding especially for their courses on Biometrical Techniques and Recent Trends in Animal Breeding. |
