Morfología fenotípica de animales de producción

1. External morphology and
body condition in ruminants
Dr. Manuel Saldivia.Mv,MSc.
PRODUCCI�N DE RUMIANTES TVP-035

2. Objetivo
Evaluar las caracter�sticas zoot�cnicas y biotipos de los
rumiantes.

3. Phenotype
It is any observable characteristic or feature of an organism, such as its morphology, development, biochemical properties,
physiology and behavior.
refers to the genetic information that a particular organism possesses, in the form of DNA.
Genotype

4. Dairy cow morphology

6. Mammary gland
Caudal Craneal
Dorsal
Ventral

7. Internal morphology of the mammary
gland
Lig.
Suspensorio
lateral
profundo
Lig.
Suspensorio
medio
Lig.suspensorio
lateral
superficial
C�lulas
mioepiteliales
Conducto
galactoforo
Seno galactoforo
Cisterna del pez�nEsf�nter del pez�n

10. llustration courtesy of Simmentaler SA

11. Gerhard Uys,2015

13. body condition