• A total of 720 individuals of 12 indigenous chicken populations, geographically localized in Southern China were genotyped for 30 microsatellite markers in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to evaluate the genetic variation and genetic distance between populations. (scialert.net)
  • The results provided evidence of the applicability of microsatellite to determining the genetic relatedness among different Chinese indigenous chicken populations and evaluating of genetic variations. (scialert.net)
  • The study was conducted in Bako Tibe and Dano districts of Oromia region, Ethiopia with the objectives to identify indigenous chicken production, husbandry and breeding practices and farmer’s traits preference of chickens. (academicjournals.org)
  • Egg consumption, chick sale and meat consumption were main purpose of keeping indigenous chicken in BakoTibe and Dano districts. (academicjournals.org)
  • A total of 587 individuals from 12 indigenous chicken breeds from South China and two commercial breeds were genotyped for 26 microsatellites to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure. (engineering.org.cn)
  • Higher genetic diversity was revealed in the indigenous chicken breeds rather than in the commercial breeds. (engineering.org.cn)
  • The population structure of these indigenous chicken breeds could be explained by their geographical distribution, which suggested the presence of independent history of breed formation. (engineering.org.cn)
  • Data generated in this study will provide valuable information to the conservation for indigenous chicken breeds in future. (engineering.org.cn)
  • The Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and the European Union (EU) have unveiled a modern indigenous chicken breeding and multiplication unit at KALRO's Non-ruminant Research Centre in Naivasha. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • Director at KALRO's Non-Ruminant Institute Dr. David Miano said the unit had been designed and equipped to develop high yielding, fast maturing, easy to maintain and disease resistant indigenous chicken varieties that have the ability to lay 220-280 eggs in a year, which is double the yield capacity of ordinary indigenous chicken. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • Out of these, 75 per cent consist of indigenous chicken, 22 per cent of broilers and layers and one per cent of breeding stock. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • The Indigenous chicken breeding and multiplication unit targets to yield varieties that start laying eggs only five months after being hatched and produce an average meat weight of 1.5kg. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • The two levels of government need to come up with strategies that will address challenges stifling the industry which include the high prices of feed, unstructured chicken and chicken products markets, lack of value addition, long maturity duration of indigenous breeds and poor information dissemination to smallholder farmers," he said. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • Nakuru County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Agriculture Dr. Immaculate Njuthe Maina noted that traditional indigenous chicken make about 76 per cent of the total poultry population in Kenya and produce about 55 and 47 per cent of the total meat and eggs. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • She said improved indigenous chicken have advantages over traditional ones because the former has undergone intensive selective breeding by KALRO in collaboration with other primary breeders to ensure optimum performance in terms of increased egg production and higher cold dressed weight. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • The county government has set aside over Sh10 million to support farmers with indigenous chicken. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • This indigenous chicken breeding and multiplication unit has been unveiled at a time the country is witnessing high market prices for indigenous chicken products," said Maina. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • Free range breeds being developed at the KALRO Non-Ruminant Center require no special care and can be fed just like other indigenous chicken, hence low cost of production. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • Statistics from the National Farmers Information System (NFIS) indicate that an egg from indigenous chicken retails for Sh25-30 compared to those from hybrid layers which trade for Sh12-15 per egg. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • A 3kg indigenous chicken, according to NFIS retails for Sh600-800 with the price likely to be higher in major cities like Nairobi, Mombasa and Nakuru. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • Dr. Maina conceded that high cost of commercial feeds and low hatchability of eggs at farm level were major constraints in the adoption of the improved indigenous chicken. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • The aim of this study was to undertake a comparative evaluation of the body weight and linear body measurements of three indigenous chicken breeds of South Africa, namely: Naked neck, Venda and Potchefstroom koekoek. (medwelljournals.com)
  • 0.2004+0.4621ST). It was concluded that breed differences do exist between the three indigenous South African chicken breeds studied and these differences are in favour of the males and the Potchefstroom koekoek chickens. (medwelljournals.com)
  • Desi, "local" in Bengali, are indigenous chicken breeds raised in backyard farms. (cdc.gov)
  • Of the more than 800 cattle breeds recognized worldwide, India had 27 acknowledged indigenous breeds of cattle and 7 breeds of buffaloes. (wikipedia.org)
  • As of 2018[update] the ICAR recognized 50 breeds that are indigenous in India, of which two cattle breeds and three buffalo breeds were added in 2018. (wikipedia.org)
  • Local conservation programs are endeavouring to maintain the purity of breeds such as Tharparkar, dwarf cattle such as Kasaragod, and Kankrej, Amrit Mahal and Kangayam. (wikipedia.org)
  • On the basis of main uses Indigenous cattle breeds are classified in to milch (cow and buffalloes for milk), draft (load carrying such as ox), and dual purpose (i.e. milk and draft). (wikipedia.org)
  • Total population and breeds of indigenous cattle of India are as follows: ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal (NBAGR) is the nodal agency for the registration of newly identified germplasm of Cattle are: Total population and indigenous buffalo breed of India are as follows: Total Buffalo Population in the country is 109.85 Million during 2019. (wikipedia.org)
  • Definition of breed-classification of indigenous, exotic cattle and buffaloes" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
  • Established under Sadhguru's guidance, Isha Gaushala is an important step in the effort to preserve of native cattle breeds. (sadhguru.org)
  • Strategic plans have therefore been developed for several countries, and breed improvement programmes for cattle and sheep are being undertaken. (fao.org)
  • This project aims to preserve and protect these indigenous cattle breeds. (mid-day.com)
  • An economic evaluation from the societal perspective is salient, comparing the regular control program for dengue prevention versus an intervention of environmental management strategy by covering the most Aedes aegypti productive breeding sites with insecticide covers and additional activities. (medscape.com)
  • 9) Outbreaks of indigenous dengue transmission occurred in Texas in 1980 and again in 1986. (cdc.gov)
  • 10) Adding to the concern of indigenous dengue transmission is the recent establishment in the United States of another known dengue vector, Aedes albopictus, which was probably imported in shipments of tires from Asia. (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue morbidity and mortality were highest among males, indigenous people and residents of urban and peri-urban locations. (who.int)
  • And she actually had dengue hemorrhagic fever, which is one of the first indigenous cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever we've had in the United States in quite a while. (cdc.gov)
  • The wider use and further improvement of livestock breeds able to tolerate infection is a useful and environmentally-sound method of helping to resolve the problem. (fao.org)
  • Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). (wikipedia.org)
  • Potential introgression from the commercial breeds into the indigenous chickens was also detected. (engineering.org.cn)
  • A high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (HD-SNP) chip-based comparative analysis of genetic characteristics was performed for seven Shandong indigenous pig breeds in the context of five Western commercial breeds. (animbiosci.org)
  • The results showed that Shandong indigenous pig breeds varied greatly in genetic diversity, effective population size, inbreeding level, and genetic distance with the Western commercial breeds. (animbiosci.org)
  • Specifically, Laiwu and Dapulian displayed low genetic diversity, and had a genetically distant relationship with the Western commercial breeds (average F statistics [ F ST ] value of 0.3226 and 0.2666, respectively). (animbiosci.org)
  • Contrastingly, the other five breeds (Yantai, Licha, Yimeng, Wulain, and Heigai) displayed high genetic diversity within breed and had some extent of mixture pattern with the Western commercial breeds, especially Duroc and Landrace ( F ST values from 0.1043 to 0.2536). (animbiosci.org)
  • The Ministry of Agriculture published a legislation naming the nine indigenous Hungarian dog breeds on 16 September 2016, napi.hu wrote. (dailynewshungary.com)
  • The objective of this review paper is to examine whether or not sheep crossbreeding is a feasible option to improve indigenous sheep breeds in developing countries using Ethiopian case as example. (academicjournals.org)
  • Regardless of location, farmers participating in crossbreeding often showed keen interest in crossbreeding, mainly due to the fast growth, larger body size of crossbreds resulting in higher market prices as compared to their local sheep breeds. (academicjournals.org)
  • Genetic diversity in seven Chinese indigenous sheep breeds was estimated using 26 microsatellite markers. (biodiversity-science.net)
  • The dendrogram relationship between different sheep breeds was generally in accordance with their origins, breeding history and localities. (biodiversity-science.net)
  • Genetic diversity in seven Chinese indigenous sheep breeds based on microsatellite analysis[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2004, 12(6): 586-593. (biodiversity-science.net)
  • Conservation genetics of these indigenous breeds are essential for developing a conservation and utilization scheme. (animbiosci.org)
  • The Center for Preservation of Indigenous Breeds is an activist organization open to include everybody who would devote their free time, knowledge and skills to the activities of general interest. (org.rs)
  • At the end of August, the Ministry of Agriculture said the programme they had created would maintain a gene bank for indigenous Hungarian dog breeds and ensure the preservation and development of their typical characteristics. (dailynewshungary.com)
  • In 2021, Sudha Pandey not only won the Gokul Award but also the Nand Baba Award for preservation of indigenous breed cows, an achievement that reflects her dedication. (hindustantimes.com)
  • The flies, which are being bred at the National Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) facility at Port Augusta in South Australia, will be released in 2019 in a bid to reduce wild populations of the major fruit pest. (abc.net.au)
  • Why do we need selective breeding of indigenous shrimp species in India? (aqua.deals)
  • Considering the huge investments required, long gestation period, and developmental nature of the project, it is good if government/large integrated private sector companies takes initiative in domestication and selective breeding projects for P.monodon and P.indicus. (aqua.deals)
  • The U.S., he told Gastropod, was "still largely a rural and agricultural society," and farm animals-and thus some more-or-less scientific forms of selective breeding-were ubiquitous in American life. (civileats.com)
  • Have domesticated, SPF and better-growing stock of indigenous shrimp species, possibly with disease tolerance. (aqua.deals)
  • We identified that the original goat indigenous goat Iran and Morocco have relatively similar genomic characteristics in broad categories genomic diversity but found that Korean native goats have unique genomic characteristics distinguished from nine other species. (10genomics.com)
  • Local or autochthonous pig breeds represent a pool of genetic diversity of porcine species and a link with old-style traditional production systems and traditional pork products. (intechopen.com)
  • The project involved captive breeding of at least eight species of Anolis representing three common ecomorphs from three different lineages. (nature.com)
  • Indigenous breeds of pigs, in addition to representing genetic heritage, have great scientific, cultural and economic significance for every country. (ac.rs)
  • The Serbian indigenous breeds of pigs Mangalitsa, Moravka and Resavka are endangered breeds with little research interest, which resulted in insufficient data on their production results. (ac.rs)
  • These indigenous pigs are well adapted to local environments, and some of them display prominent characteristics. (animbiosci.org)
  • The paper reviewed and discussed the history of exotic breed introduction, research, and development efforts in crossbreeding and performance of crossbreds under on-station and on-farm management. (academicjournals.org)
  • Other insects are obtained from either domestic or exotic butterfly farms that breed insects for educational purposes. (constantcontact.com)
  • Zsolt V. Németh, Secretary of State of the ministry, said that the organisation and creation of the national gene banks aimed at preserving the characteristics of the nine dog breeds had already started, and that the ministry had already prepared the necessary legislative and organisational developments and decided which national park would be responsible for which indigenous Hungarian dog breed. (dailynewshungary.com)
  • Our study advances the understanding of genetic characteristics of Shandong indigenous breeds and provides essential information for developing an appropriate conservation and utilization scheme for these breeds. (animbiosci.org)
  • Discovery of Genomic Characteristics and Selection Signatures in Korean Indigenous Goats Through Comparison of 10 Goat Breeds. (10genomics.com)
  • Our gift unique characteristics of genomics research and the selection signals typical of Korean indigenous goats is based on a broad comparison. (10genomics.com)
  • Despite an increased interest for local pig breeds in the past years, they remain largely untapped and the knowledge about their characteristics is limited, which was a challenge undertook in the project TREASURE in the frame of multicriteria evaluation of local pig breeds. (intechopen.com)
  • In 2003 the total population was about 250, of which no more than 150 displayed the morphological characteristics of the breed. (wikipedia.org)
  • This led to the progressive replacement and marginalization of Chinese indigenous pig breeds, some of which are currently close to extinction due to dwindling population numbers or hybridization with highly productive breeds [ 9 ]. (animbiosci.org)
  • We eat rabbits that we breed after the indigenous population was hunted to extinction. (timesofmalta.com)
  • Cottonseed meal partial substitution for groundnut meal : effects on growth performance and carcass traits in the indigenous pig breed. (revmedvet.com)
  • This timeless breed has striking yet endearing physical qualities and traits , so why not give them a name to match? (k9web.com)
  • A 2017 study by Allen Blackman of the Washington think tank Resources for the Future found that where Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon have won legal title to their ancestral lands, this "reduces [forest] clearing by more than three-quarters, and forest disturbance by roughly two-thirds. (yale.edu)
  • The predominant practice of a ubiquitous dissemination and selling of breeding rams to individual farmer dilute the efforts of crossbreeding and prevents generating the benefits expected from crossbreeding programs. (academicjournals.org)
  • The breeders without an experience in dog breeding are also involved in this dog breeding business and some. (cabi.org)
  • It is one of the fifteen indigenous horse "breeds of limited distribution" recognised by the AIA, the Italian breeders' association. (wikipedia.org)
  • All eyes were on NSW centre Latrell Mitchell's first crack at the Indigenous No.1 jersey, lining up a showdown with Maori and Queensland fullback Kalyn Ponga. (abc.net.au)
  • And what ended up happening is this outbreak got managed very aggressively because Key West is in Monroe County, and Monroe County has a very active vector control division and they were really all over this outbreak and really did some innovative stuff with getting the public involved and getting rid of some of the areas that the mosquitoes were breeding. (cdc.gov)
  • The topology of phylogenetic trees constructed showed general patterns of relationship and genetic differentiation among the indigenous populations studied, however, both trees from Neighbor-Joining method and Unweighted Pair Group method showed a similar topology. (scialert.net)
  • ABSTRACT In 2014, after several years of maintaining zero malaria indigenous cases, Egypt had an outbreak of Plasmodium vivax: 21 confirmed cases during May-June 2014. (who.int)
  • European Union Ambassador Simon Mordue noted that towards achieving the Big Four Agenda on Food Security, policy makers at National and County government levels need to appreciate opportunities available in the indigenous poultry industry. (farmbizafrica.com)
  • Kidlat coined the term "indio genius" of people who identify with indigenous values, but are not from a direct indigenous ancestral lineage. (esplanade.com)
  • Jacob's presentation leads me to question: Jacob comes from an indigenous lineage, which gives him the authority to reclaim indigenous narratives, but how about everyone else? (esplanade.com)
  • The susceptibility of indigenous Culex pipiens (biotypes pipiens and molestus ) for a German WNV lineage 2 strain was experimentally compared to that of Serbian Cx. (mdpi.com)
  • When Pope Francis visited the Peruvian Amazon in 2018, Manuin was one of the Indigenous leaders he met. (yale.edu)
  • The book represents a valuable compendium of data on census, breeding organisations, production systems, and performances with ambition to present their contemporary (preserved) phenotype. (intechopen.com)
  • Some aspects of breeding covered in the rules include: the recognition of breeding organisations and private undertakings, the approval of their programmes, the entering of animals in specific breeding books and registers, performance testing and genetic evaluation, and the content of zootechnical certificates. (thedairysite.com)
  • Within the Swallow Belly Mangalitsa breed, the third group (280 g/day) had a statistically significantly higher LDG compared to the first (110 g/day) and the second (200 g/day). (ac.rs)
  • The allele frequency, mean heterozygosity, polymorphism information content, effective number of alleles, genetic distance,and dendrogram analysis were used to assess the genetic variability and genetic relationships among the seven breeds. (biodiversity-science.net)
  • The effective number of alleles ranged from 2.1288 to 13.3924, mean heterozygosity of loci from 0.0629 to 0.5903, mean heterozygosity of breeds from 0.3633 to 0.4489, and polymorphism information content from 0.6628 to 0.8712. (biodiversity-science.net)
  • All breeds, except White Recessive Rock, had high allelic polymorphism (>0.5). (engineering.org.cn)
  • Furthermore, indiscriminate crossbreeding without prior analysis of suitability of crossbreds for a given production environment and without clear breeding objectives presents a potential threat to better adapted indigenous breeds. (academicjournals.org)
  • Breed societies and breeding operations will have to meet specific and strict criteria to obtain recognition and approval of their breeding programmes by national authorities. (thedairysite.com)
  • Earlier, the choice of breed for crossbreeding overlooked interests and preferences of farmers mainly for physical appearance. (academicjournals.org)
  • Although the adaptive properties require further validation through experimental biology, our findings are expected to provide strategic direction for the future conservation of biological diversity and to contribute to other options for genomics-based breeding programs to improve the survival of Capra hircus. (10genomics.com)
  • Insects that are indigenous to Kentucky are collected by hand in local parks and along roadsides. (constantcontact.com)
  • It was to be expected that the Mangalitsa would have the lowest LDG because it is a fatty breed, unlike Moravka and Resavka, which are breeds of combined production abilities (meat and fat). (ac.rs)
  • The aim of this study was to determine the differences in the life daily gain (LDG) of male heads of Swallow Belly Mangalitsa breed of different body weights (20 kg - I group, 45 kg - II group and 100 kg - III group), as well as between males of Swallow Belly Mangalitsa, Moravka and Resavka in seven consecutive measurements, once a month, during the experiment. (ac.rs)
  • The Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon have long fought against the oil companies that seek to exploit their lands. (yale.edu)
  • Indigenous rainforest communities in northern Peru have chalked up a significant victory in their efforts to expel oil companies from their lands. (yale.edu)
  • The context for the realization of the investigation was the indigenous Tenetehar-Tembé, located on the Indigenous Land of Alto Rio Guamá (TIARG), in the Brazilian Amazon. (bvsalud.org)
  • This work was attempted to elucidate the pattern of genetic variation and genetic diversity in a set of 147 indigenous Ahu rice genotypes of Assam grown under rainfed upland direct seeded condition. (ejplantbreeding.org)
  • European Local Pig Breeds - Diversity and Performance. (intechopen.com)
  • Dear Librarian, I would like to recommend the following IntechOpen book to be added to our library catalog: TITLE: 'European Local Pig Breeds - Diversity and Performance. (intechopen.com)
  • The result indicates that majority of the respondent (87.43%) were practiced selection of hens and cocks for breeding purposes emphasizing on production of a high number of eggs, body size, brooding ability, leg length to select hens whereas body size, growth rate, leg length, comb shape in their order of importance to select breeding cocks. (academicjournals.org)
  • Indio genius-I find to be a good framework of indigenous intervention within a contemporary content to read the engagement with the work of Jacob on our first day at da:ns lab . (esplanade.com)
  • The NRL consulted with the ARL Indigenous Council and decided Advance Australia Fair did not need to be played , with the New Zealanders doing the same in a gesture of solidarity. (abc.net.au)
  • Historically, several indigenous pig breeds have been developed by locals to meet their pork demands. (animbiosci.org)
  • Sonali is a cross-breed of the Rhode Island Red cocks and Fayoumi hens. (cdc.gov)
  • This was done specifically to preserve the original Akita as a Japanese natural treasure through carefully controlled breeding. (pets4you.com)
  • Marjan shares his knowledge of the variations of Sarplaninac that can be seen where the breed originates. (sarplaninacs.com)
  • For Indigenous communities, nothing - not even Big Oil - represents the globalization of their world as much as the virus. (yale.edu)
  • There is a distinct difference that divides the Sarplaninac dogs into two main sub-categories - urban and indigenous. (sarplaninacs.com)
  • After exploring the history of the breed, and visiting many places throughout the territory of today's Macedonia, I found out that we can distinguish six main color types of the indigenous Sarplaninac. (sarplaninacs.com)
  • Constraints perceived by the kennel owners in rearing of indigenous dog breeds (Rajapalayam, Kanni and Chippiparai dog) in southern districts of Tamil Nadu. (cabi.org)
  • Thus comparisons of pure local sheep and crossbreds among those breeds produced in some areas indicated a good outcome of this type of crossbreeding. (academicjournals.org)
  • But it came after a year in which the two Indigenous groups had contested and forced the company to withdraw an environmental impact assessment on the project, making action within the project area illegal, and two months after the Wampis presented a criminal complaint with local prosecutors, claiming the company's staff were moving around the forest in breach of Peru's coronavirus lockdown. (yale.edu)
  • A total of 222 records obtained from the three intensively reared breeds were used in the study. (medwelljournals.com)
  • In total, Shandong has seven officially authorized indigenous pig breeds (Laiwu, Dapulian, Licha Black, Yantai Black, Yimeng Black, Wulian Black, and Zaozhuang Heigai), six of which are recorded in national or provincial animal genetic resources [ 2 , 3 ] with the seventh (Zaozhuang Heigai) being newly approved (Announcement No. 168 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China). (animbiosci.org)
  • Furthermore, intensive gene flow was discovered among the seven Shandong indigenous breeds, particularly Wulian, Licha, and Heigai, as indicated by the large cluster formed in the principal component analysis scatterplot and small population differentiation (average of 0.1253) among them. (animbiosci.org)
  • Licha Black is characterized by more vertebrae (1 to 2) compared with other Chinese native breeds [ 8 ]. (animbiosci.org)
  • The increased demand for indigenous native dog's breeds like Rajapalayam, Kanni and Chippiparai, leading to flourishing of more kennels in and around the breeding tract of the above breeds. (cabi.org)
  • Since 1979, the only indigenous cases of polio reported in the United States have been associated with the use of the live OPV. (cdc.gov)
  • The story of the conflict between Big Oil and the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon has many twists and turns, and the outcome remains far from certain. (yale.edu)
  • His work in Australia fills the gap created through colonial indigenous erasure-of language, of people, of memory. (esplanade.com)