The guidelines on surveying and monitoring (FAO, 2011a) present the “big picture” – describing how to plan a national strategy for obtaining AnGR-related data and keeping them up to date; they introduce the various types of survey that may form part of such a strategy, and outline the main steps involved in planning and implementing a survey. The guidelines on phenotypic characterization describe how to conduct a study on a specific animal popula- tion and its production environment – including details of what to measure, how to take these measurements and how to interpret them. The guidelines on molecular characteriza- tion.
