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Describe the steps that must be taken in establishing a breeding program.
Describe how selection and genomic tools can be used to alleviate the effect of single-gene recessive diseases.
Calculate family relationships and inbreeding coefficients in pedigrees and predict the inbreeding rate for simple situations.
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Describe how breeding programs can be evaluated in terms of response to selection and genetic diversity.
Describe how dissemination of improved animal populations to end users takes place and why this differs between animal species.
Get the tools and knowledge you need to improve production and work toward a healthy population.
3 months. 4 - 6 hours per week suggested.
2 virtual courses in soft skills
In this Professional Certification Program, the focus is on the design, implementation, execution and optimization of animal husbandry programs, genetic improvement and conservation of genetic diversity.
Follow this program and learn what are the key factors to improve and increase productivity and learn what it takes to create and maintain a healthy and strong population.
You will learn the basic principles of population, quantitative and molecular genetics.
Biological aspects are also integrated into the courses through the many practical tasks.
Professionals working with animals will be able to use the knowledge from these courses to understand the impact of reproduction on animal populations and use genetic principles to make their decisions.
Also, following this program will give you an advanced starting point for further study such as MSc.
level courses in animal husbandry.
For whom Although this course is open to all, it is particularly useful for breeders of: Cows Poultry / Chickens Horses Pigs / Swine Dogs Sheep Fish Shrimp This program is a great step towards understanding the principles of animal husbandry and the sector .
Depending on the animal industry of interest, animal scientists may work jobs as a livestock breed association representative, dairy industry breeding consultant, and/or company representative for artificial insemination (AI) companies.
Or you can work for a private breeding company in the case of the pig, poultry and aquaculture industries.
In fact, some scientists with backgrounds in animal breeding and genetics continue to work for breeding companies.
Join this Professional Certificate Program crafted by top experts from Wageningen University & Research, ranked #1 in agricultural sciences in the NTU ranking.
By joining the program, you become part of the growing community of students training at the Animal Breeding and Genomics Group, which is the center of excellence for all national and international animal breeding and genomics activities at Wageningen University & Research.
The center is a preferred business and knowledge partner for many national and international clients from both the public and private sectors.
This includes commercial and non-commercial livestock, companion animal and horse breeding organisations, the EU and national and foreign governments.
you become part of the growing community of students who train at the Animal Breeding and Genomics Group, which is the center of excellence for all national and international animal breeding and genomics activities at Wageningen University and Research .
The center is a preferred business and knowledge partner for many national and international clients from both the public and private sectors.
This includes commercial and non-commercial livestock, companion animal and horse breeding organisations, the EU and national and foreign governments.
you become part of the growing community of students who train at the Animal Breeding and Genomics Group, which is the center of excellence for all national and international animal breeding and genomics activities at Wageningen University and Research .
The center is a preferred business and knowledge partner for many national and international clients from both the public and private sectors.
This includes commercial and non-commercial livestock, companion animal and horse breeding organisations, the EU and national and foreign governments.
The center is a preferred business and knowledge partner for many national and international clients from both the public and private sectors.
This includes commercial and non-commercial livestock, companion animal and horse breeding organisations, the EU and national and foreign governments.
The center is a preferred business and knowledge partner for many national and international clients from both the public and private sectors.
This includes commercial and non-commercial livestock, companion animal and horse breeding organisations, the EU and national and foreign governments.
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