« Previous Abstract"Responses of Red Flour Beetle Adults, Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Other Stored Product Beetles to Different Pheromone Trap Designs"    Next AbstractRole of Volatiles from the Endophytic Fungus Trichoderma asperelloides PSU-P1 in Biocontrol Potential and in Promoting the Plant Growth of Arabidopsis thaliana »

Animal

Title:		"Review: Towards the agroecological management of ruminants, pigs and poultry through the development of sustainable breeding programmes. II. Breeding strategies"
Author(s):		Phocas F; Belloc C; Bidanel J; Delaby L; Dourmad JY; Dumont B; Ezanno P; Fortun-Lamothe L; Foucras G; Frappat B; Gonzalez-Garcia E; Hazard D; Larzul C; Lubac S; Mignon-Grasteau S; Moreno CR; Tixier-Boichard M; Brochard M;
Address:		"1GABI,INRA,AgroParisTech,Universite Paris-Saclay,78350 Jouy-en-Josas,France. 2INRA,Oniris,LUNAM Universite,UMR1300 BioEpAR,CS40706,44307 Nantes,France. 3IFIP-Institut du porc,La motte au Vicomte,35650 Le Rheu,France. 4PEGASE,INRA,AgroCampus,35590 Saint Gilles,France. 5INRA,UMR1213 Herbivores,Theix,63122 Saint Genes-Champanelle,France. 6GenPhySE,INRA,INPT,Universite de Toulouse,INP-ENSAT,INP-ENVT,31326 Castanet-Tolosan,France. 7IHAP,INRA,INPT,Universite de Toulouse,INP- ENVT,31076 Toulouse,France. 8Institut de l'Elevage,149 rue de Bercy,75595 Paris,France. 9INRA,UMR868,Systemes d'Elevage Mediterranees et Tropicaux (SELMET),Montpellier 34060,France. 10Institut Technique de l'Aviculture,23 rue Baldassini,69 364 Lyon cedex 07,France. 11URA,INRA,37380 Nouzilly,France"
Journal Title:		Animal
Year:		2016
Volume:		20160613
Issue:		11
Page Number:		1760 - 1769
DOI:		10.1017/S1751731116001051
ISSN/ISBN:		1751-732X (Electronic) 1751-7311 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Agroecology uses ecological processes and local resources rather than chemical inputs to develop productive and resilient livestock and crop production systems. In this context, breeding innovations are necessary to obtain animals that are both productive and adapted to a broad range of local contexts and diversity of systems. Breeding strategies to promote agroecological systems are similar for different animal species. However, current practices differ regarding the breeding of ruminants, pigs and poultry. Ruminant breeding is still an open system where farmers continue to choose their own breeds and strategies. Conversely, pig and poultry breeding is more or less the exclusive domain of international breeding companies which supply farmers with hybrid animals. Innovations in breeding strategies must therefore be adapted to the different species. In developed countries, reorienting current breeding programmes seems to be more effective than developing programmes dedicated to agroecological systems that will struggle to be really effective because of the small size of the populations currently concerned by such systems. Particular attention needs to be paid to determining the respective usefulness of cross-breeding v. straight breeding strategies of well-adapted local breeds. While cross-breeding may offer some immediate benefits in terms of improving certain traits that enable the animals to adapt well to local environmental conditions, it may be difficult to sustain these benefits in the longer term and could also induce an important loss of genetic diversity if the initial pure-bred populations are no longer produced. As well as supporting the value of within-breed diversity, we must preserve between-breed diversity in order to maintain numerous options for adaptation to a variety of production environments and contexts. This may involve specific public policies to maintain and characterize local breeds (in terms of both phenotypes and genotypes), which could be used more effectively if they benefited from the scientific and technical resources currently available for more common breeds. Last but not least, public policies need to enable improved information concerning the genetic resources and breeding tools available for the agroecological management of livestock production systems, and facilitate its assimilation by farmers and farm technicians"
Keywords:		Animal Husbandry/*methods Animals Breeding/*methods Ecology Genotype Livestock/genetics/physiology Phenotype Poultry/genetics/*physiology Ruminants/genetics/*physiology Swine/genetics/*physiology agroecology breeding scheme cross-breeding livestock local;
Notes:		"MedlinePhocas, F Belloc, C Bidanel, J Delaby, L Dourmad, J Y Dumont, B Ezanno, P Fortun-Lamothe, L Foucras, G Frappat, B Gonzalez-Garcia, E Hazard, D Larzul, C Lubac, S Mignon-Grasteau, S Moreno, C R Tixier-Boichard, M Brochard, M eng Review England 2016/10/19 Animal. 2016 Nov; 10(11):1760-1769. doi: 10.1017/S1751731116001051. Epub 2016 Jun 13"