The Marismeña or Mostrenca cattle breed is oficially recognized as autochthonous Spanish breed of special protection in the Spanish catalogue of livestock breeds. Presently, farmers, technicians and scientifics have ...

Here is described the programme of genetic conservation of the Mexican Hair-less pig under development in the Yukatan State (Mexico). It consists of several actions on the characterization of the population and its management ...

It have been studied 92 animals of the Murciano-Granadina caprine breed with 22 microsatellites in order to get the genetic characterisation of this Spanish breed. Ovine and bovine microsatellites recommended by FAO, ISAG ...

The Canary Black Pig is an ancestral pig population with behaviour and production system very different from the other pig populations in Spain. In order to clarify if these differences are genetic too, this study has been ...

Assignment tests and related methods combined with the use of microsatellite markers enable the determination of cross-breeding among populations. The best classification of the Iberian Pig seems to be in three main ...

Se estudian 50 animales pertenecientes a la raza caprina Blanca Andaluza, mediante 27 marcadores microsatélites con objeto de caracterizar esta raza autóctona andaluza. Todos los marcadores resultan polimórficos, habiéndose ...

The economy of the Fuerteventura Island (Canary Islands, Spain) is based in the caprine exploitation, fundamentally the Majorera goat. There are two different ways of management: 1) an intensive or semiextensive production ...

In the present work, a Guabala Creole cattle was characterized by a twenty-seven microsatellite panel, selected from a recommendation of FAO/ISAG. Samples of DNA were obtained from the Guabala Creole cattle population in ...