No Development, No Conservation: Elements from the Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources

Lauvie, Anne; Couix, Nathalie; Verrier, Étienne

doi:10.1080/08941920.2014.933922

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“…Genetic variation which could be viewed as a consequence of the Red Queen hypothesis has led to the large diversity of locally adapted breeds worldwide (20). More largely, to face the objectives of livestock production in the context of global changes, it is essential to secure genetic diversity through conservation and breeding programs targeting adaptive traits in locally adapted breeds (21,22). Indeed, genetics is one of the most important factors influencing production traits, but environmental factors such as diet are also important factors influencing production traits, notably meat (23).…”

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Impact of Diet Supplementation and Age at Slaughter on Carcass Characteristics of Creole Goats

et al. 2021

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of diet and age on finishing performances and carcass characteristics of male Creole goats. A total of 91 weaned male Creole kids [84 days old ± 7 days, 9.2 kg live weight (LW) ± 0.5 kg] were randomly allocated in a 2 × 3 experimental design. The animals were fed individually with two diets: C0: a 28-day-old Digitaria decubens grass alone, or C50: the same grass plus a commercial concentrate (50% of the total diet) and then slaughtered at 7, 11, or 15 months of age. Significant feeding regimen and age at slaughter effects were observed on the goat carcass characteristics. The addition of concentrate improved the average daily gain (ADG), the dressing percentage, and the conformation score (1–5 scale) from 46 to 88 g/day, 52.8 to 62.4%, and 2.2 to 4.9, respectively. Moreover, carcasses of the C0 group appeared lean with less developed fat than the C50 group and lighter than visceral fat. The meat color was significantly more affected by diet than age. Our data suggested that the production of heavy carcasses with low proportions of fat in the meat is possible in this local breed. The valorization of such a forage feeding system until 11 months of age or with the addition of concentrate from 7 to 11 months of age should be evaluated economically.

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Impact of Diet Supplementation and Age at Slaughter on Carcass Characteristics of Creole Goats

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“…The budget represents 33% of NBAR conservation grazing subsidies allocated to farmers by Natural England between 2006(Natural England, 2016. Breed societies were nominated as the beneficiary given their important institutional role for breed management and priority setting (Lauvie et al, 2014). Funding allocations were calculated by:…”

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Prioritising Support for Cost Effective Rare Breed Conservation Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

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Farm Animal Genetic Resources (FAnGR) are threatened by breed homogenisation. Rare breeds may carry important genes that allow breeders to respond to global production challenges including climate change and emerging disease risk. Yet, exploration of approaches to improve cost-effectiveness of investments in farm animal genetic diversity has been limited. We employ multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to investigate how rare breed incentive schemes can be rationalised. A performance matrix was used to assess 19 UK cattle native breeds at risk, in terms of diversity, marketability, and endangerment criteria, and an expert workshop was used to assign weights for prioritisation. The workshop participants suggested that criteria pertaining to diversity, marketability and endangerment should be weighted 30, 20, and 50%, respectively. A principal component analysis (PCA) on the criteria suggested that fewer criteria could be used to characterise breed status but that each criteria node contributed effectively in explaining variation in breed scores. Breed scores from the MCDA model were used in a hypothetical exercise to rationalise monetary investments across the case study breeds. The allocation of the hypothetical breed improvement fund (BIF) revealed that the greatest variation in the allocation of incentives occurred when marketability was weighted highest, while least variation occurred when endangerment received the highest weight. We suggest MCDA can support more targeted investments in diversity by considering the multiple factors that may be driving extinction risk in addition to the cultural and diversity attributes that compliment conservation.

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“…In order to ensure the maintenance of local breeds, farmers need to obtain increased added value from them. Local breed development ensuring this added value differs within and among breeds, either contributing to maintain diversity or generating antagonism between breed specificities and diversity [131][132][133]. For instance, inclusion of breed criteria in an official quality label aims at protecting breed specificities.…”

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Growth of local food systems: a review of potential food safety implications.

et al. 2015

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A major challenge for livestock farming systems (LFSs) is to reconcile production with the management of natural resources, especially biodiversity and ecosystem services. Based on a review of research conducted on grassland-and rangeland-based LFSs, this paper addresses this challenge by analysing biodiversity as a product of and a key resource for LFSs. Although most studies reveal antagonisms between biodiversity and production, our findings show that it is possible to move towards synergies. The literature review sheds light on five points: (i) moving beyond an antagonistic view of biodiversity and production by considering biodiversity as a resource requires new criteria for biodiversity categorization from a taxonomic view to a functional one; (ii) functional biodiversity (both domestic and wild) considered as a resource provides beneficial properties (e.g. stability and resilience) to LFSs; (iii) links between production and biodiversity cannot be simply summarized as having a negative impact of production intensity as management practices have various impacts on the different components of biodiversity; (iv) impact assessment studies linking management of LFSs and biodiversity reveal complex multi-level interactions between grassland or rangeland management and biodiversity; (v) a large range of management options are available to move towards biodiversitybased LFSs. We conclude that future research should address the challenge of collective management of wild biodiversity at higher levels of organization (landscapes, territories, etc.) and that such collective management would greatly benefit from the experience of domestic biodiversity.

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No Development, No Conservation: Elements from the Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Impact of Diet Supplementation and Age at Slaughter on Carcass Characteristics of Creole Goats

Impact of Diet Supplementation and Age at Slaughter on Carcass Characteristics of Creole Goats

Prioritising Support for Cost Effective Rare Breed Conservation Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Growth of local food systems: a review of potential food safety implications.

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