Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in India

The Role of Milk Collecting Centers in Socio-Economic Situation of Dairy Animal Keepers

Most of the poor people in developing countries live in rural areas. Experience shows that in manycountries animal husbandry development and increasing investment specially is a way to challengethe poverty in rural areas. This is obvious that, small producers have key role in dairy markets anddairy development but they have no power to bargain and negotiate for higher prices, access to themarke...

The State of Dairy Cattle in India

Cloning of the African indigenous cattle breed Kenyan Boran

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Genomic Characterisation of the Indigenous Irish Kerry Cattle Breed

Kerry cattle are an endangered landrace heritage breed of cultural importance to Ireland. In the present study we have used genome-wide SNP array data to evaluate genomic diversity within the Kerry population and between Kerry cattle and other European breeds. Patterns of genetic differentiation and gene flow among breeds using phylogenetic trees with ancestry graphs highlighted historical gene...

Indigenous Bali Cattle: The Best Suited Cattle Breed for Sustainable Small Farms in Indonesia

Indonesia has a total population of around 206 million with 4.5 million households keeping livestock. About half of the cattle farmers are small farmers. The Indonesian archipelago is a land area of 1.8 million km consisting of over 13,000 islands stretching from the Western tip of Sumatra to the Eastern border of Papua. The largest island, Kalimantan (Borneo), covers 28% of the total land area...