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Teaching animal breeding

Iowa State College

Abstract

At Iowa State College the course in animal breeding is required of students majoring in animal husbandry or in dairy husbandry. A few others elect it because they are specially interested in problems of genetics and breeding. Most of our students are farm-reared or at least have worked on livestock farms several months. They have had courses in general soology, anatomy of farm animals, embryology and genetics before the come into the animal breeding course. This makes it unnecessary to teach Mendelism, the physical basis of heredity, or the anatomy and physiology of reproduction. Attention is focussed on the forces which the breeder may use to change the hereditary composition of his herd or breed; i.e. on the dynamic forces of genetics. Most of the students intend that their future vocations shall be closely connected with livestock production.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

Much of the material is taught for strictly professional purposes to fit the needs of those who are to become breeders of seedstock themselves.