Conservation of Native Animal Breeds: From Genetic Resources to Good Governance
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 17 November 2025 | Viewed by 605
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Livestock genetic resources for food and agriculture provide crucial options for the sustainable development of livestock production and its adaptation to socio-economic and environmental challenges. The loss of livestock genetic resources, including genetic diversity, has accelerated on a global scale in recent years, particularly in developing countries. This is due to the rapid changes affecting livestock production systems. For example, the genetic diversity of cattle breeds, particularly in developed countries, has rapidly decreased owing to the introduction of artificial insemination using frozen semen in the 1960s. This is due to the limited number of sires with high productivity used for offspring production, even after they pass away. Meanwhile, in developing countries, the focus has been on establishing national conservation and sustainable use policies and strengthening in situ conservation programs, i.e. on the efficient and effective use of livestock genetic resources, rather than on conserving genetic diversity; however, the efficacy of these policies has not been evaluated.
The Special Issue invites submissions from both developing and developed that present the current state and outlook of research activities on livestock genetic resources. It is acceptable to receive not only article but also review and communication, although it should be noted that manuscripts submitted for the article category should use the latest technologies available in each country.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Hideaki Takahashi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- genetic diversity
- conservation
- utilization
- livestock genetic resources
- sustainable livestock industry development
- innovative breeding program
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