Accurate record keeping of livestock details is necessary if Africa is to benefit from animal genetic improvement. For developing countries, investment in genetic improvement is worthwhile as results are accumulative and permanent, and have been shown to have one of the highest rate of returns over time. This was said by Dr Raphael Mrode, a Senior Geneticist, Animal & Veterinary Sciences, at the Scotland Rural College (SRUC), when he addressed a seminar in ILRIs Nairobi campus June 21, 2013.
Dr Mrode said while it is now possible to select the breeding values of animals and determine which ones are more economically viable, the success of that selection depends on how much information is available concerning the animal.
Countries like Australia and the United Kingdom had benefited immensely from high rates of genetic improvements for economically important traits such as milk production in the dairy sector and quality and…
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