History of animal breeding

Question 0

use if pedigrees were started in which place?

Answer 0

rural ENGLAND

Question 1

_________ advocated the idea of PROGENY TESTING _______ years ago

Answer 1

VARRO

2000

Question 2

founder of ANIMAL BREEDING

Answer 2

robert bakewell

Question 3

robert bakewell popularised the idea of ________

Answer 3

pedigree breeding

Question 4

4 principles of ROBERT BAKEWELL

Answer 4

• like beggets like
• breed the best to best
• inbredding produce prepotency
• initiated sire testing by leasing bulls

Question 5

progeny testing idea of VARRO was used by __________

Answer 5

robert bakewell

Question 6

Robert bakewell laid foundation of which 3 species

Answer 6

SHIRE horse
LONGHORN cattle
LEICESTER sheep

Question 7

greatest contribution of bakewell to breeding was the use of ________

Answer 7

inbreeding

Question 8

SHORTHORN cattle breed was founded by ________

Answer 8

Collings

Question 9

SYSTEMIC CROSSBREEDING was advocated by _________

Answer 9

Buffon

Question 10

frist herd book was _________________ for ________ species

Answer 10

An introduction to the general stud book

thorough bred horee

Question 11

2nd herd book was ____________ and was published by ________

Answer 11

short horn herd book

coates

Question 12

polled herd book was for ________ cattle

Answer 12

aberdeen angus

Question 13

_________ used to measure wool fineness with a micrometer

Answer 13

Dauben ton

Question 14

define animal breeding

Answer 14

application of principles of quantitative genetics for improvement of farm animals

Question 15

domestication took place _______ years ago

Answer 15

7000-8000

Question 16

first domesticated animal was

Answer 16

dog

Question 17

first domesticated ruminant was

Answer 17

sheep and goat

Question 18

first domesticated animal in india

Answer 18

chicken

elephant

Question 19

cat is from

Answer 19

egypt

Question 20

swine is from

Answer 20

china

Question 21

ass is from

Answer 21

africa

Question 22

bakewell performed progeny testing of ____ & ______

Answer 22

rams

bulls

Question 23

hereford cattle was founded by

Answer 23

tompkins & galliers

Question 24

hamshire down breed of sheep was developed by ________

Answer 24

william humphrey

Question 25

method of fat estimation is called

Answer 25

babcock’s method

Question 26

first cow testing association was established in _______

Answer 26

denmark

Question 27

father of MODERN animal breeding

Answer 27

J.L Lush

Question 28

why J.L Lush is called “father of MODERN animal breeding”

Answer 28

application of population genetics in animal breeding