6/4/2020 Additional Readings | Coursera

Orientation

Dairy Genetics

Reading: Learning
Objectives in English
Additional Readings
10 min

Reading: Glossary and

Video 1:
Conversion Matrix in English
The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB)
10 min
summarizes breed statistics for cows enrolled in
Reading: Dairy Genetics - DHI testing programs. Recent figures in the table
Learning Objectives & below were extracted from the summary of herd
Glossary in Portuguese averages, reasons that cows exit the lactating herd,
10 min and reproductive status reports.

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Learning Objectives &
Glossary in Chinese
10 min

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Learning Objectives &
Glossary in Spanish
10 min
Not included in the above table are statistics for
Reading: Dairy Genetics- crossbred cattle, which are growing in popularity.
Learning Objectives &
Experimental results suggest that crossbred cattle
Glossary in Bulgarian
can produce high levels of milk yield with excellent
10 min
fertility and health. Most geneticists recommend
Video: Dairy Cattle Genetics that those interested in crossbreeding use a three
5 min breed rotation as demonstrated in Figure 1 in order
to optimize hybrid vigor and breed influence. Other
Reading: Dairy Cattle
possible breed combinations include:
Genetics - Lecture Text in
English
10 min
Holstein – Montbeliarde – Viking Red

Reading: Dairy Cattle Holstein – Brown Swiss – Jersey

Genetics - Lecture Text in
Chinese Holstein – Jersey – Swedish Red
10 min

Jersey – Swedish Red - Normande

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Genetics - Lecture Text in
Portugues
10 min

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Genetics-Lecture Text in
Spanish
10 min
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