Sustainable breeding schemes Practical implications of utilisation and management
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» utilisation and conservation of farm animal genetic resources
» Challenges for food production in livestock systems
» Changes in livestock systems
» Cattle Consequences for the use of species and breeds
» Introduction utilisation and conservation of farm animal genetic resources
» Opportunities to meet future market demands
» Insurance against future changes in production circumstances
» Insurance against the loss of resources with a high strategic value
» Cultural and historic reasons
» History of initiatives to stop genetic erosion at global and regional levels
» Threats Opportunities and threats for farm animal genetic resources
» Conservation methods to be applied
» National governments Stakeholders for in vivo and in vitro conservation programs
» Objectives in conservation and utilisation of farm animal genetic resources
» Techniques Strategies for moving from conservation to utilisation
» Options for utilisation of self-sustaining local breeds
» Strategies for moving from conservation to utilisation
» Cryoconservation Strategies for moving from conservation to utilisation
» Costs Strategies for moving from conservation to utilisation
» Making the decision Strategies for moving from conservation to utilisation
» Introduction What is genetic diversity?
» Sub-populations and evolutionary forces
» The use of pedigree for measuring diversity
» The impact of DNA information
» Genome-wide patterns of diversity
» Measuring changes in diversity
» Relating diversity measures to F and ΔF
» Conclusion What is genetic diversity?
» Genomics reveals domestication history and facilitates breed development
» Marker and sequence information
» Detection of selection How have the events in breed history modified the genetic variation?
» Prediction of heterosis using genetic distances
» Conclusions Genomics reveals domestication history and facilitates breed development
» Why measure genetic diversity?
» Genetic distances Genetic distances, F-statistics and kinships
» Measuring genetic diversity in farm animals
» Weitzman diversity Weitzman and Core set diversities
» Genetic distances, kinships and conservation decisions
» Concluding remarks Measuring genetic diversity in farm animals
» Introduction Selection of breeds for conservation
» What are the objectives of a conservation effort?
» Is the risk-strategy efficient for the selection of breeds?
» Is the maximum-diversity-strategy efficient for the selection of breeds?
» Selection of breeds for conservation
» Is the maximum-utility-strategy efficient for the selection of breeds?
» What are the practical aspects?
» Inbreeding and inbreeding rate
» Genetic contributions Genetic contributions and inbreeding
» Optimum designs Minimising ΔF in conservation schemes
» Genetic contributions and inbreeding
» Optimum contributions: The problem
» Predicting ΔF Genetic contributions and inbreeding
» Guidelines for best practice
» The effective population size
» Operation of conservation schemes
» Cryo-conservation schemes Operation of conservation schemes
» General aspects Integrating live and cryoconservation
» Cryo-back-up live conservation schemes
» Existing global regulations Practical implications of utilisation and management
» Practical implications of utilisation and management
» An example of a national action plan for utilisation and management
» Economic considerations Practical implications of utilisation and management
» Utilisation and conservation of genetic diversity
» Monitoring role for the national managers
» Sustainable breeding schemes Practical implications of utilisation and management
» Future policies for animal genetic resources
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