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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Simulating economic values of a genetic improvement program for Australian farmed saltwater crocodiles
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| Autores: |
Gray, Emily M.
Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.
Isberg, Sally R.
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| Data: |
2011-11-29
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| Ano: |
2007
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| Palavras-chave: |
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
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| Resumo: |
In genetic improvement programs, candidates for breeders are ranked by the profitability of their offspring, expressed as a weighted sum of the genetic gain from selection. In this paper, we estimate the economic values of a genetic improvement program for Australian farmed saltwater crocodiles. A bioeconomic profit function for a representative breeding pair is used to determine the optimal slaughter age following genetic improvement in each selection objective. The results indicate that estimated farm profitability increases by nearly # A111 for a 1-week reduction in juvenile slaughter age, # A78 for a 1 per cent increase in the proportion of first-grade skins produced, and # A33 for an increase in the number of viable hatchlings per clutch. The implications of the analysis for the Australian crocodile industry and the limitations of the research are explored.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/118318
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| Relação: |
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics>Volume 51, Issue 1, March 2007
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| Formato: |
16
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