Interest in genetic conservation and the survival of rare breeds has increased steadily in recent years. Following a successful conference held at Warwick, UK, in 1989 (published as "Genetic Conservation of Domestic Livestock"), a further conference was held in Budapest, Hungary, in August 1991. This book presents selected edited papers from the Budapest conference, reporting new developments and initiatives in this expanding field of research. Contributors came from all over the world, and the book should interest geneticists, animal breeders and others concerned with rare breeds.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Wallingford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
ISBN-13
978-0-85198-809-2 (9780851988092)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Herausgeber*in
International Consultant on animal genetic resources and Chairman of Countrywide Livestock Ltd., UK
Part 1 Methodology: maximal maintenance of genetic variation in small populations; a system to maximize the maintenance of genetic variability in small populations; conservation of animal genetic resources in Scandinavia; the threat to indigenous breeds in developing countries and options for action; a chance to survive in a rare breeds preservation park at Warder in Germany; a review of methodology. Part 2 National and regional reports: Canada; China; Africa; Romania; France; Finland; a review of reports. Part 3 Species and breed studies: the Marammana cattle; White Park cattle; threatened cattle breeds in Croatia; Santa Cruz island sheep; milk yield of Angora goats in Iraq; middle weight horse breeds in the British Isles; colonial Spanish horses in North America; heritage hatchery networks poultry conservation; native Hungarian chicken breeds; a review of livestock studies. Part 4 Biotechnology: sheep and beta-lactogolobulin - PCR and RFLP analysis; blood typing Kerry and Dexter cattle; genetic relationships among populations of Zaupel sheep; genetic markers of the Lebrijano Churro sheep; immunogenetic studies in Hungarian chicken breeds; embryo transfer and fertilized ova preservation in sheep in Yugoslavia; in vitro fertilization as a new tool for preserving the Hungarian grey cattle; a review of biotechnology.
