IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v13y2021i3p1296-d487430.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Food Resources Biodiversity: The Case of Local Cattle in Slovakia

Author

Listed:
  • Radovan Kasarda

    (Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding Biology, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 94976 Nitra, Slovakia)

  • Luboš Vostrý

    (Department of Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 16500 Praha–Suchdol, Czech Republic)

  • Hana Vostrá-Vydrová

    (Department of Ethology and Companion Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 16500 Praha–Suchdol, Czech Republic)

  • Kristína Candráková

    (Project Grants and Lifelong Learning Center at FHLE, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tulipánová 7, 94976 Nitra, Slovakia)

  • Nina Moravčíková

    (Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding Biology, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 94976 Nitra, Slovakia)

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the level of biodiversity in selected local cattle populations as important food resources in Slovakia. The biodiversity level was derived from the genome-wide data collected for dairy (Jersey), dual-purpose (Slovak Pinzgau, Slovak Spotted), and beef breeds (Charolais, Limousine). The commonly used indices, genomic inbreeding ( F ROH , F GRM , F HOM , F UNI ) and effective population size ( N eLD ), were used to quantify the impact of relatives mating on the genome of analysed populations. Even if the low N eLD estimates signalise significant loss of genetic variability within populations, the genomic inbreeding under 1% (except Jersey) showed that the intensity of diversity loss is not so rapid and can be managed by the re-arrangement of long-term breeding strategies. The analysis of genetic differentiation degree across populations assumed that the specialisation of breeds during their grading-up led to the specific nucleotide changes, especially in genes responsible for preferred phenotypic traits. The breed-specific differences observed mainly in the genome of Charolais (carcass traits) and Jersey (milk production traits) populations resulted from the polymorphisms in CAPN1 (μ-calpain) and CSN1S2 (casein alpha s2) genes, respectively. Obtained results confirmed that the specific haplotypes are strongly associated with the genetic nature of breed depending on production type.

Suggested Citation

  • Radovan Kasarda & Luboš Vostrý & Hana Vostrá-Vydrová & Kristína Candráková & Nina Moravčíková, 2021. "Food Resources Biodiversity: The Case of Local Cattle in Slovakia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:3:p:1296-:d:487430
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/3/1296/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/3/1296/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Hugh G Gauch Jr. & Sheng Qian & Hans-Peter Piepho & Linda Zhou & Rui Chen, 2019. "Consequences of PCA graphs, SNP codings, and PCA variants for elucidating population structure," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(6), pages 1-26, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Martha Tampaki & Georgia Koutouzidou & Athanasios Ragkos & Katerina Melfou & Ioannis A. Giantsis, 2022. "Eco-Value and Public Perceptions for Indigenous Farm Animal Breeds and Local Plant Varieties, Focusing on Greece," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-16, September.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:3:p:1296-:d:487430. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.