Livestock plays a central role in sustaining human livelihood in South Asia. There are
numerous and distinct livestock species in South Asian countries. Several of them have …

The field of genetics has evolved a lot after the emergence of molecular and advanced
genomic technologies. The advent of Next Generation Sequencing, SNP genotyping …

More people in the world depend on water buffalo for their livelihoods than on any other
domesticated animals, but its genetics is still not extensively explored. The 1000 Buffalo …

Abstract Riverine Buffaloes, especially the Murrah breed because of their adaptability to
harsh climatic conditions, is farmed in many countries to convert low-quality feed into …

Milk yield is the most complex trait in dairy animals, and mapping all causal variants even
with smallest effect sizes has been difficult with the genome-wide association study (GWAS) …

Among Italian dairy cattle, the Holstein is the most reared breed for the production of
Parmigiano Reggiano protected designation of origin cheese, which represents one of the …

The aim of this study was to estimate genetic parameters and identify genomic regions
associated with selected individual and groups of milk fatty acids (FA) predicted by milk mid …

Simple Summary Over the last century, genetic diversity in the cattle species has been
affected by the replacement of many local, dual-purpose breeds with a few specialized, high …

GWAS helps to identify QTL and candidate genes of specific traits. Buffalo breeding has
primarily focused on milk production, but its negative correlation with reproduction traits …

Simple Summary Each country has their own national breeds that are well adapted to the
local climate and other conditions. Our study examines two national sheep breeds from …