4,550
Views
8
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Invited paper

Application of new technologies in sheep breeding

&
Pages 89-102 | Received 06 Oct 2006, Accepted 01 Mar 2007, Published online: 22 Feb 2010

References

  • Allison , AJ . 1995 . Importing a sheep which offers more— the East Friesian . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 55 : 321 – 323 .
  • Baker , L , Shannon , P , Garrick , DJ , Blair , HT and Wickham , BW . 1990 . The future impact of new opportunities in reproductive physiology and molecular biology on genetic improvement programmes . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 50 : 197 – 210 .
  • Bisset , SA , Morris , CA , McEwan , JC and Vlassoff , A . 2001 . Breeding sheep in New Zealand that are less reliant on anthelmintics to maintain health and productivity . New Zealand Veterinary Journal , 49 : 236 – 246 .
  • Blair , HT . 1997 . Integrating molecular genetic information into a biogenic model to enhance the selection process . Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics , 12 : 456 – 460 .
  • Blair , HT and Garrick , DJ . 1994 . How relevant are current and emerging genetic technologies to the beef breeding cow? . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 54 : 337 – 343 .
  • Blair , HT and Lee , J . 1997 . Selection for low wool sulphur concentration in Romney sheep . Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics , 12 : 421 – 424 .
  • Blair , HT , McCutcheon , SN and Mackenzie , DDS . 1990 . Physiological predictors of genetic merit . Proceedings of the Australian Association of Animal Breeding and Genetics , 8 : 133 – 142 .
  • Blair , HT , McCutcheon , SN , Breier , BH and Gluckman , PD . Correlated response in lamb birthweight following about 5 generations of selection for high or low plasma IGF‐1 . 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production . CD‐Rom Communication No. 19–04
  • Brandsma , JH and Blair , HT . 1997 . Heritability of resistance to flystrike in New Zealand Perendale sheep . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 57 : 41 – 42 .
  • Bunter , KL , Hermesch , S , Luxford , BG , Graser , H‐U and Crump , RE . 2005 . Insulin‐like growth factor‐I measured in juvenile pigs is genetically correlated with economically important performance traits . Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture , 45 : 783 – 792 .
  • Carver , AS , Dalrymple , MA , Wright , G , Cottom , DS , Reeves , DB , Gibson , YH , Keenan , JL , Barrass , JD , Scott , AR and Colman , A . 1993 . Transgenic livestock as bioreactors: stable expression of human alpha‐1‐antitrypsin by a flock of sheep . Biotechnology , 11 (11) : 1263 – 1270 .
  • Clarke , EA . 1967 . Performance recording of sheep . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 27 : 29 – 45 .
  • Crawford , AM . 2003 . The use of genetic modification technologies in the discovery of genes affecting production traits and disease resistance in animals . New Zealand Veterinary Journal , 51 : 52 – 57 .
  • Davis , GH . 2005 . Major genes affecting ovulation rate in sheep . Genetics, Selection Evolution , 37 : S11 – S23 .
  • Dodds , KG , Tate , ML and Sise , JA . 2005 . Genetic evaluation using parentage information from genetic markers . Journal of Animal Science , 83 : 2271 – 2279 .
  • Douch , PGC , Green , RS , Morris , CA , Bisset , SA , Vlassoff , A , Baker , RL , Watson , TG , Hurford , AP and Wheeler , M . 1995 . Genetic and phenotypic relationships among anti‐Trichostrongylus colubriformis antibody level, faecal egg count and body weight traits in grazing Romney sheep . Livestock Production Science , 41 : 121 – 132 .
  • Drexler , KE . 1986 . Engines of creation: the coming era of nanotechnology , USA : Anchor Books .
  • Dry , FW . 1938 . Genetics and livestock production , Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin No. 64 Wellington, , New Zealand
  • Eckhardt , F , Lewin , J , Cortese , R , Rakyan , VK , Attwood , J , Burger , M , Burton , J , Cox , AV , Davies , R , Down , TA , Haefliger , C , Horton , R , Howe , K , Jackson , DK , Kunde , J , Koenig , C , Liddle , J , Niblett , D , Otto , T , Pettett , R , Seemann , S , Thompson , C , West , A , Rogers , J , Olek , A , Berlin , K and Beck , S . 2006 . DNA methylation profiling of human chromosomes 6, 20 and 22 . Nature Genetics , 38 : 1378 – 1385 .
  • Edelman , PD , McFarland , DC , Mironov , VA and Matheny , JG . 2005 . In vitro‐cultured meat production . Tissue Engineering , 11 : 659 – 662 .
  • Evans , G , Hollinshead , FK and Maxwell , WMC . 2004 . Preservation and artificial insemination of sexed semen in sheep . Reproduction, Fertility and Development , 16 : 455 – 464 .
  • Forsberg , EJ . 2005 . Commercial applications of nuclear transfer cloning: three examples . Reproduction, Fertility and Development , 17 : 59 – 68 .
  • Garrick , DJ . 1991 . Best linear unbiased prediction for across‐flock/year breeding values . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 51 : 411 – 416 .
  • Garrick , DJ and Snell , RG . 2005 . Emerging technologies for identifying superior dairy cows in New Zealand . New Zealand Veterinary Journal , 53 (6) : 390 – 399 .
  • Garrick , DJ , Clarke , JN and Callow , CF . 1992 . The national database for sheep genetic evaluation and research . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 52 : 121 – 124 .
  • Geenty , KG . 2000 . Sheep industry vision and SIL . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 60 : 180 – 183 .
  • Georges , M and Massey , JM . 1991 . Velogenetics, or the synergistic use of marker assisted selection and germ‐line manipulation . Theriogenology , 35 : 151 – 159 .
  • Gluckman , PD and Hanson , MA . 2004 . Developmental origins of disease paradigm: a mechanistic and evolutionary perspective . Pediatric Research , 56 : 311 – 317 .
  • Haley , CS and Visscher , PM . 1998 . Strategies to utilize marker‐quantitative trait loci associations . Journal of Dairy Science , 81 (supplement 2) : 85 – 96 .
  • Harvey , TG , Haydon , R , Blair , HT , Daniell , D and Hilson , R . 1990 . Responses to modern technology within the New Zealand sheep breeding industry . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 50 : 423 – 426 .
  • Hickford , JGH and Zhou , H . 2003 . Re: genetic modification technologies . New Zealand Veterinary Journal , 51 : 250
  • Hight , GK and Rae , AL . 1970 . Large‐scale sheep breeding: its development and possibilities . Sheepfarming Annual , 1970 : 73 – 85 .
  • Hight , GK , Dalton , DC and Lang , DL . 1970 . Large‐scale integrated sheep and beef cattle breeding schemes . Proceedings of the Ruakura Farmers’ Conference , 1970 : 38 – 57 .
  • Hight , GK , Gibson , AE , Wilson , DA and Guy , PL . 1975 . The Waihora sheep improvement programme . Sheep‐farming Annual , 1975 : 11 – 33 .
  • James , JW . 1977 . Open nucleus breeding systems . Animal Production , 24 : 287 – 305 .
  • Johnson , PL , Purchas , RW and Blair , HT . 2002 . Ranking Romney sires on carcass value from a progeny test . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 62 : 183 – 187 .
  • Johnson , PL , McEwan , JC , Dodds , KG , Purchas , RW and Blair , HT . 2005 . A directed search in the region of GDF8 for quantitative trait loci affecting carcass traits in Texel sheep . Journal of Animal Science , 83 : 1988 – 2000 .
  • Kilgour , R and Dalton , C . 1984 . Livestock behaviour , Auckland, , New Zealand : Methuen Publications Ltd. .
  • Kinghorn , B . 2000 . “ The tactical approach to implementing breeding programs ” . In Animal breeding—use of new technologies , 291 – 303 . University of Sydney Veterinary Postgraduate Foundation .
  • Lanza , RP , Chung , Ho Yun , Yoo , JJ , Wettstein , PJ , Blackwell , C , Borson , N , Hofmeister , E , Schuch , G , Soker , S , Moraes , CT , West , MD and Atala , A . 2002 . Generation of histocompatible tissues using nuclear transplantation . Nature Biotechnology , 20 : 689 – 696 .
  • Meuwissen , THE , Hayes , BJ and Goddard , ME . 2001 . Prediction of total genetic value using genome‐wide dense marker maps . Genetics , 157 : 1819 – 1829 .
  • Morgan , HD , Sutherland , HE , Martin , DIK and Whitelaw , E . 1999 . Epigenetic inheritance at the agouti locus in the mouse . Nature Genetics , 23 : 314 – 318 .
  • Morris , CA , Towers , NR , Wheeler , M and Wesselink , C . 1995 . Selection for or against facial eczema susceptibility in Romney sheep, as monitored by serum concentrations of a liver enzyme . New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research , 38 : 211 – 219 .
  • Penn , DJ , Damjanovich , K and Potts , WK . 2002 . MHC heterozy‐gosity confers a selective advantage against multiple‐strain infections . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 99 : 11260 – 11264 .
  • Rae , AL . 1956 . The genetics of the sheep . Advances in Genetics , 8 : 189 – 265 .
  • Rae , AL . 1964 . Genetic problems in increasing sheep production . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 24 : 111 – 128 .
  • Rae , AL . 1969 . Using records of performance in selecting rams and bulls . Sheepfarming Annual , 1969 : 13 – 23 .
  • Rae , AL . The development of group breeding schemes: some theoretical aspects . Proceedings of the 1st Conference of the New Zealand Federation of Livestock Breeding Groups . Wellington. pp. 5 – 11 .
  • Rae , AL . The development of cooperative breeding schemes in New Zealand . Sheepbreeding. Proceedings of the International Sheep Breeding Congress . Perth, Australia. pp. 154 – 164 .
  • Rae , AL . 1984 . Development of selection programs for increasing lean meat production in sheep . Proceedings of the Australian Association for Animal Breeding and Genetics , 4 : 3 – 7 .
  • Rae , AL . The future for animal breeding . Proceedings of the A. L. Rae Symposium on Animal Breeding and Genetics . August 12–13 1993 , Palmerston North, New Zealand. pp. 170 – 180 .
  • Simianer , H , Marti , SB , Gibson , J , Hanotte , O and Rege , JEO . 2003 . An approach to the optimal allocation of conservation funds to minimize loss of genetic diversity between livestock breeds . Ecological Economics , 45 : 377 – 392 .
  • Smith , C . 1983 . Effects of changes in economic weights on the efficiency of index selection . Journal of Animal Science , 56 : 1057 – 1064 .
  • Stewart , JB and Garrick , DJ . 1996 . Structural characteristics of the sheepbreeding industry and implications for genetic and reproductive technologies . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 56 : 301 – 303 .
  • Tervit , HR , Baker , RL , Hoff‐Jorgenson , R , Lintukangas , S , MacDiarmid , SC and Rainio , V . 1986 . Viability of frozen sheep embryos and semen imported form Europe . Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production , 46 : 245 – 250 .
  • Towers , NR and Stratton , GC . 1978 . Serum gamma‐glutamyl‐transferase as a measure of sporidesmin‐induced liver damage in sheep . New Zealand Veterinary Journal , 26 : 109 – 112 .
  • Wallace , LR . 1974 . The future of sheep recording in New Zealand . Sheepfarming Annual , 1974 : 150 – 159 .
  • West , DM , Burbidge , HM , Vermunt , JJ and Arthur , DG . 1995 . Hereditary chondrodysplasia (spider syndrome) in a New Zealand Suffolk lamb of American origin . New Zealand Veterinary Journal , 43 : 118 – 122 .
  • Wilmut , I , Beaujean , N , de Sousa , PA , Dinnyes , A , King , TJ , Paterson , LA , Wells , DN and Young , LE . 2002 . Somatic cell nuclear transfer . Nature , 419 : 583 – 586 .
  • Xing , GQ , Mackenzie , DDS , McCutcheon , SN and Wickham , BW . 1993 . Pancreatic insulin responses to exogenous glucose in Friesian heifers of low or high genetic merit for milk‐fat yield . Animal Production , 56 : 171 – 178 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.