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Regional workshop for National Coordinators for the Management of

 Animal Genetic Resources and their alternates

«Characterization, Inventory and Monitoring of

Animal Genetic Resources»Tartu, Estonia 17-19 May 2011

Presentation of National Coordinator for Management of AnimalGenetic Resources

Republic of Macedonia

Vladimir Djabirski, PhD

Koco Porcu, MSc

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Surveying and monitoring of Animal Genetic Resources in my Country

• Karakachanian sheep-Nucleus flock, since 1998

 – One ex-situ flock, 59 heads

The main achievements after 2007:

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Surveying and monitoring of Animal Genetic Resources in my Country

• Ovchepolian sheep-Nucleus flock 1

 – One flock, 600 heads

The main achievements after 2007:

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Surveying and monitoring of Animal Genetic Resources in my Country

• Ovchepolian sheep-Nucleus flock, 2

 – One flock, 600 heads

The main achievements after 2007:

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Surveying and monitoring of Animal Genetic Resources in my Country

• Busha cattle- sheep-Nucleus flock

 – One flock, 600 heads

The main achievements after 2007:

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Surveying and monitoring of Animal Genetic Resources in my Country

• Until 2011 individual research activities

• No coordination

• No unification of methods

The main obstacles/problems are:

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Phenotypic characterization of AnGR in my country

•   Confirmatory approach – undertaken in situations in which some basic information on breed identity and distribution is available; in such circumstances, the objective phenotypiccharacterization is to validate breed identity and provide systematic descriptions of the breeds.

• Ovchepolian sheep

 – Economically important production traits, milk yield

• Sharplaninian sheep• Karakachanian sheep Flock level data

Quantitative variables

• Busha cattle

• Buffaloes

• Development and implementation of national programme for

livestock biodiversity (2011-2017)

The main achievements after 2007:

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Phenotypic characterization of AnGR in my country

The main obstacles/problems are:

• Until 2011 individualactivities

• No coordination

• No unification of methods

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Molecular genetic characterization of AnGR in my country

The main achievements after 2007 :• Sheep PrP genotype (PrP gene codon 136, 141, 154 and 171) and

sequencing of exon 3 of PrP gene• Ovchepolian sheep-nucleus flock and random population (unpublished data)

• Sharplaninian sheep- random population (unpublished data)

• Karakachanian sheep-nucleus flock (unpublished data)

• Awassi –nucleus flock (unpublished data)

• ISAG DNA sheep microsatellite panel

• Karakachanian sheep-nucleus flock (current research)

• Cryoconservation of semen, 17 rams

• ISAG Dog microsatellite panel

• Sharplaninian dog (current research)

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Molecular genetic characterization of AnGR in my country

The main achievements after 2007 :

Sheep PrP alleles

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Molecular genetic characterization of AnGR in my country

The main achievements after 2007 :

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Molecular genetic characterization of AnGR in my country

The main obstacles/problems are:

• Low research budget and limited application opportunities.

• No data for molecular characterization of the genome of:

• Cattle;

• Goat;

• Horse;

• Ass;

• Poultry.

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Priorities of Republic of Macedonia government in surveying, monitoringand characterization of AnGR

• Implementation of national programme for livestock biodiversity (2011-

2007)

• Species

• Cattle• Sheep and goat

• Swine

• Poultry

• Buffaloes

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Foreseen changes in surveying, monitoring and characterization of AnGR inRepublic of Macedonia

• At the end of 2011 first data and filing up the templates for surveying,

monitoring and characterization of AnGR.

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Summary of opportunit ies, problems and challenges of surveying,monitoring and characterization of AnGR s in Republic of Macedonia

• Opportunities

• Further activities are defined in national programme for livestock

biodiversity (2011-2007)

• Surveying-

• Monitoring-

• Characterization-

• Problems• Low national budget (first year budget 50.000,00€)

• Low level of farmer education and knowledge about values of AnGR

• Challenges

• Increasing of national budget

• Other sources of financial support

• Increasing farmer knowledge about AnGR

• Financial support of farmers breeding indigenous species