Tropical Cattle: Origins, Breeds and Breeding Policies

Part 1 Origin of cattle and possible centres of domestication: diffusion of cattle throughout Asia history of cattle in Africa cattle introductions to the Americas and Oceania. Part 2 Classification of breeds Asian breeds African breeds breeds in the Americas and Oceania. Part 3 Cattle in the tropical world important features of breeding policies breeding strategies for cattle in the Tropics biotechnology and the future of cattle breeding in the Tropics.