Selection for Resilience in Livestock Production Systems
Houda Laghouaouta, Lorenzo J Fraile, Ramona N Pena, Karel Novák · 2024
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Description
Houda Laghouaouta and co-authors review how breeders could select farm animals for resilience, the ability to cope with a disturbance and return to normal function. Breeding for this trait is seen as a route to more sustainable production, but progress has stalled on basic questions. There is no agreed definition of resilience, and no standard way to measure it.
The review separates resilience from related ideas such as robustness, resistance, and tolerance. The authors propose using the wobbles that stress causes in normal body functions as practical indicators of resilience. Those indicators can also serve as stand-ins when studying the genetics behind the trait. The paper closes with breeding strategies and a look at how genetic markers for the indicators might enter selection programs.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Houda Laghouaouta, Lorenzo J Fraile, Ramona N Pena, Karel Novák |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |