Contribution to the Vulnerability Issue in Farm Animal Biodiversity;

摘要

The present report presents the development of vulnerability in case of the Transylvanian Pinzgauer cattle breed in Hatseg Land area up to the stage of a population in danger. The research was made according to the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources announced at the FAO International Congress, in September 2007, in Interlaken, Switzerland (FAO-2007). That is a model how vulnerability of farm animal populations develops and reduces their biodiversity. After a period of progress when Hatseg Land was one of the three leading centers of breeding Pinzgauer cattle and Transylvanian Pinzgauer was recognized as a breed, followed, after the development of mining industries in the area, a period when Flekvieh cattle substitute the Pinzgauer. The regress became faster when mines were closed. At present the breed has to be preserved. In order to select the genomes to be preserved together with genetic markers of animal color DNA analysis will be used. Authors consider that livestock biodiversity is a genetic resource for the farming of the future, in connection with Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DADIS) by FAO.