ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES IN NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EGYPT AND SMALL RUMINANTS. | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Sheep and Goats Sciences | ||
| Article 4, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 1-14 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejsgs.2010.27074 | ||
| Author | ||
| Salah Galal | ||
| Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| SUMMARY Near East and North Africa (NENA) countries are endowed with rich animal genetic resources (AnGR). To maintain such valuable diversity, the countries need to update and upgrade the information on their livestock breeds and develop their sustainable utilization. NENA countries are apparently among the least countries with endangered breeds. This conclusion could be due partly to the fact that little development took place for their breeds but could also be due to the fact that the great part of these breeds are with no population statistics, hence no objective evaluation of their degree of endangerment. Iran has got the highest number of reported small ruminant breeds among NENA countries (41) followed by Morocco (38) and Sudan (28). Egypt has got listed 12 breeds of sheep and 7 of goats. Greatly needed is the establishing of the institutional structures for the proper management of AnGR. Countries need to network among them and with the international organization and to establish a Regional Focal Point to catalyze such networking. | ||
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