Italy has a long history of sheep breeding and, despite a dramatic number contraction
occurred in the last century, still counts several local sheep breeds that may represent a …

Simple Summary In recent years, due to industry and market preferences, local animal
breeds have been exposed to genetic erosion and extinction risk. Effective strategies for …

CRISPIM, Bruno do Amaral et al. Application of microsatellite markers for breeding and
genetic conservation of herds of Pantaneiro sheep. Electron. J. Biotechnol.[online]. 2014 …

The aim of this study was to assess the genetic diversity and differentiation patterns of four
Tunisian sheep breeds. A total of 186 animals belonging to Barbarin (n= 59), Western Thin …

Albania is a Mediterranean country, located in West of Balkan Peninsula. Albanian farmers
have a long tradition in sheep breeding. Sheep comprise one of the most important domestic …

This study was conducted to analyze the genetic diversity and variability of two sheep
breeds (Balochi and Rakhshani), from Balochistan province of Pakistan, through the use of …

The prime objective of this research was to measure the genetic polymorphism of main
sheep breed of Saudi Arabia, Najdi. Randomly selected 49 blood samples were used to …

Since 13rd century, Italian domestic autochthonous donkey population has been
characterised by Mediterranean grey mousy cruciate ancestral phenotype, currently typical …

The aim of the present study was to estimate the genetic intra-breed variability of Churra
tensina and Churra lebrijana endangered breeds and to establish genetic relationships with …

The Bracco Italiano is one of the oldest breeds of Italian pointing dogs, used for hunting ever
since Renaissance times. After the Second World War it was included among the breeds …