| publication name | Sustainable rabbit breeding and genetic improvement programs achieved in developing countries (Invited paper) - 2010 |
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| Authors | Khalil M.H., Bolet G. |
| year | 2010 |
| keywords | Developing countries, strategy of genetic improvement of rabbits, selection, synthetic lines, crossbreeding, local populations, European strains. |
| journal | 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, August 1-6, 2010, Leipzig, Germany |
| volume | 1 |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | pp 8 |
| publisher | World Association of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | http://www.kongressband.de/wcgalp2010/assets/pdf/0962.pdf |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
In developing countries, the most efficient strategy used for the genetic improvement of rabbits for meat production is the creation and selection of synthetic lines, resulting from the crossing between local populations or breeds and selected European strains. These strains were provided essentially by the University of Valencia (Spain) and the INRA (France). This solution allows to profit from the complementarity between local populations, well adapted to the environment and selected strains, and to benefit from half of the heterosis. It makes possible to provide farmers with improved animals, while ensuring their independence. This paper reviews the main characteristics of such programs in which one of the authors is involved or which were recently described in the literature.