“PUNGANUR”- THE MINIATURE <i>BOS INDICUS</i> CATTLE

Nath, M.

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“…The two bantam cattle breeds, Vechur and Punganur are unique to South India and are probably among the smallest cattle breeds of the world, with the average height of adults ranging from 60-100 cm and body weight of 125-200 kg (Nath, 1993;Iype, 1996). Vechur and Punganur cattle have retained moderate levels of diversity despite the small population size and being classified in the critically endangered category.…”

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“…Both these breeds were distinct from rest of the South Indian breeds, not only in terms of morphology but also in terms of milk production efficiency. The cows are considered to be efficient milk producers relative to their size, with peak milk yield scaling up to 3-4 kg/day (Nath, 1993;Iype, 1996). Genetic distance based phylogenetic analysis and multidimensional scaling plot derived from pairwise F ST showed…”

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Legacy of draught cattle breeds of South India: Insights into population structure, genetic admixture and maternal origin

Manomohan

Saravanan

Pichler

et al. 2021

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The present study is the first comprehensive report on diversity, population structure, genetic admixture and mitochondrial DNA variation in South Indian draught type zebu cattle. The diversity of South Indian cattle was moderately higher. A significantly strong negative correlation coefficient of −0.674 (P<0.05) was observed between the effective population size of different breeds and their estimated FIS. The phylogeny and genetic structure analysis revealed the distinctness of Kangayam, Vechur and Punganur cattle from the rest of the zebu breeds. The results showed the influence of Hallikar breed in the development of most Mysore type cattle breeds of South India with the exception of Kangayam. Bayesian clustering analysis was performed to assess the taurine admixture in South Indian zebu cattle using purebred Jersey and Holstein-Friesian as reference genotypes. Relatively high levels of taurine admixture (>6.25%) was observed in Punganur, Vechur, Umblachery and Pulikulam cattle breeds. Two major maternal haplogroups, I1 and I2, typical of zebu cattle were observed, with the former being predominant than the later. The pairwise differences among the I2 haplotypes of South Indian cattle were relatively higher than West Indian (Indus valley site) zebu cattle. The results indicated the need for additional sampling and comprehensive analysis of mtDNA control region variations to unravel the probable location of origin and domestication of I2 zebu lineage. The present study also revealed major concerns on South Indian zebu cattle (i) risk of endangerment due to small effective population size and high rate of inbreeding (ii) lack of sufficient purebred zebu bulls for breeding and (iii) increasing level of taurine admixture in zebu cattle. Availability of purebred semen for artificial insemination, incorporation of genomic/molecular information to identify purebred animals and increased awareness among farmers will help to maintain breed purity, conserve and improve these important draught cattle germplasms of South India.

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Section: Origin Breed History and Population Structurementioning

confidence: 99%

Legacy of draught cattle breeds of South India: Insights into population structure, genetic admixture and maternal origin

Manomohan

Saravanan

Pichler

et al. 2021

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Assessment of genetic diversity among Malnad Gidda, Punganur and Vechur-dwarf cattle breeds of India using microsatellite markers

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RAO

et al. 2016

Indian J of Anim Sci

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The genetic diversity among 3 dwarf breeds of cattle in India, viz. Malnad Gidda, Punganur and Vechur were analysed using 12 sets of microsatellite markers. All 11 amplified microsatellite loci were polymorphic with a mean number of alleles of 7.818±1.66 across breeds and in different breeds it ranged from 7.273 in Malnad Gidda to 3.546 in Vechur. The mean polymorphic information content (PIC) value observed and expected heterozygosity values across the population were 0.642, 0.610 and 0.683, respectively. A moderate level of inbreeding was observed with the inbreeding estimates ranging from -0.027 (ILSTS6) to 0.271 (HAUT24). Among the 3 breeds the highest mean number of alleles (7.273), mean PIC value (0.639), observed heterozygosity (0.630) and lower inbreeding estimates at majority of loci were observed in Malnad Gidda cattle indicating high degree of heterozygosity compared to Punganur and Vechur breeds. Even though departure from Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) was found in Vechur and Punganur cattle population at majority of the loci, the population combining the 3 breeds was maintained at HWE with respect to most of loci under study. The genetic distance analysis revealed highest genetic distance between Vechur and Punganur (0.331) and lowest between Malnad Gidda and Punganur (0.125).

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“PUNGANUR”- THE MINIATURE BOS INDICUS CATTLE

Abstract: SUMMARYThe author describes the Punganur dwarflike Bos indicus breed of the Southern tip of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. An attempt to rescue the breed in the 1950's was not successful; this cattle are now faced with extinction.

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Legacy of draught cattle breeds of South India: Insights into population structure, genetic admixture and maternal origin

Legacy of draught cattle breeds of South India: Insights into population structure, genetic admixture and maternal origin

Assessment of genetic diversity among Malnad Gidda, Punganur and Vechur-dwarf cattle breeds of India using microsatellite markers

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