Domestic cattle breed diversity in Lithuania
2002
Maleviciute, J. | Baltrenaite, L. | Miceikiene, I. (Lithuanian Acad. of Veterinary, Kaunas (Lithuania))
Economic liberalisation, which started in 1989, led to a dramatic decrease of cattle numbers in Lithuania. From 1989 to 1995 the number of cattle decreased about 50 and the local native cattle breeds became a status of endangered breeds. To change this situation, more attention is currently focused on the maintenance of animal genetic diversity than in the past, and activities have been initiated on scientific, political and administrative levels. The N-EURO-CAD project, funded by Nordic Genebank for Farm Animals (NGH), was designed to analyse genetic diversity within North European, Baltic and Polish cattle breeds, to estimate relationships and genetic distances between them by using genetic markers. The results of studies will give better picture on the origin and relationships between North European, Baltic and Polish cattle breeds and their history, will promote preservation of endangered cattle breeds and conservation of cattle genetic resources
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