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Underutilized animal genetic resources

Name(s):

Lack of animal breeding

Unmanaged cattle breeding

Unimproved domestic livestock

Nature

Governmental infrastructure for improving services for recording and progeny-performance testing is weak or non-existent in developing countries, and some potentially viable animal breeds and strains in the developing countries are much underutilized, even though the animals could play an important role in economic and social development.

Incidence

The FAO includes the following animals as underutilized: Boran and Sahiwal cattle, Awassi sheep, Shami goats, water buffalo, and camelidae (llama and alpaca).

Broader

Underutilization of resources

Narrower

Unexplored small stock varieties

Aggravates

Poor quality of domestic livestock

Aggravated by

Lack of gene banks

Inadequate agricultural facilities

Limited availability of cross-breeding techniques

Reduced by

Excess breeding of dogs

Animal and plant eugenics

Strategy(ies)

Compiling data base of wild animal genetic resources

Compiling database of domestic animal genetics

Creating genetically modified organisms

Practising selective breeding of animals

Using genetic resources

Improving domestic livestock

Breeding cattle

Using animal genetic resources

Abstaining from animal breeding

Improving livestock production

Value(s)

Type

(D) Detailed problems

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