Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Italian Beef Breeds as a Tool for Planning Conservation and Selection Strategies.

autochthonous breeds beef cattle conservation genetic diversity pedigree analysis

Journal

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 Oct 2019
Historique:
received: 20 08 2019
revised: 18 10 2019
accepted: 22 10 2019
entrez: 2 11 2019
pubmed: 2 11 2019
medline: 2 11 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The aim was to investigate the population structure of eight beef breeds: three local Tuscan breeds under extinction, Calvana (CAL), Mucca Pisana (MUP), and Pontremolese (PON); three local unselected breeds reared in Sardinia, Sarda (SAR), Sardo Bruna (SAB), and Sardo Modicana (SAM); and two cosmopolitan breeds, Charolais (CHA) and Limousine (LIM), reared in the same regions. An effective population size ranges between 14.62 (PON) to 39.79 (SAM) in local breeds, 90.29 for CHA, and 135.65 for LIM. The average inbreeding coefficients were higher in Tuscan breeds (7.25%, 5.10%, and 3.64% for MUP, CAL, and PON, respectively) compared to the Sardinian breeds (1.23%, 1.66%, and 1.90% in SAB, SAM, and SAR, respectively), while for CHA and LIM they were <1%. The highest rates of mating between half-siblings were observed for CAL and MUP (~9% and 6.5%, respectively), while the highest rate of parent-offspring mating was ~8% for MUP. Our findings describe the urgent situation of the three Tuscan breeds and support the application of conservation measures and/or the development of breeding programs. Development of breeding strategies is suggested for the Sardinian breeds.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31671823
pii: ani9110880
doi: 10.3390/ani9110880
pmc: PMC6912484
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE ALLEVATORI DELLE RAZZE BOVINE CHAROLAISE E LIMOUSINE
ID : 2015.99.2264.1127

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Auteurs

Maria Chiara Fabbri (MC)

Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali, Università di Firenze, 50144 Firenze, Italy. mariachiara.fabbri@unifi.it.

Marcos Paulo Gonçalves de Rezende (MP)

Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Bovini di Razza Piemontese, 12061 Carrù, Italy. mpgrezende@gmail.com.

Christos Dadousis (C)

Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali, Università di Firenze, 50144 Firenze, Italy. christos.dadousis@unifi.it.

Stefano Biffani (S)

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, 20133 Milano, Italy. biffani@ibba.cnr.it.

Riccardo Negrini (R)

Associazione Italiana Allevatori, 00161 Roma, Italy. riccardo.negrini@unicatt.it.
Istituto di Zootecnica, Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del S.Cuore, 29100 Piacenza, Italy. riccardo.negrini@unicatt.it.

Paulo Luiz Souza Carneiro (PL)

Universidade Estadual Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, Bahia 45205-490, Brazil. carneiropls@gmail.com.

Riccardo Bozzi (R)

Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali, Università di Firenze, 50144 Firenze, Italy. riccardo.bozzi@unifi.it.

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