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FOUR INTERESTING ENDANGERED BREEDS OF ANIMALS IN CHINA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2011

You-Chun Chen
You-Chun Chen
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Sciences., Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Yuanmingyuan West Road No. 2 – 100094 Beijing P.R. Chîna
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Summary

The Zhoushan and Hainan cattle, Hu sheep and Wuzhishan pigs are local domestic populations in China. Their ecospecific characters are unique. Zhoushan and Hainan cattle are different from each other, but both are zebu of the Chinese type, deriving from Indian origins. The distinctive pattern of coat colour for each of these two breeds and some blood serum polymorphisms show to a certain degree common factors with Bali cattle which are descendents of the gaur. Hu sheep are prolific and they are the only breed that shows oestrus cycles all year round in the world. Hu sheep are protected under the in situ conservation programme but still are in a critical situation due to the impact of the fast growing rural economics. There are less than 30 Wuzhishan pigs remaining, of which only 3 are boars. All of them are in ex situ conservation, but special attention is needed to protect them as a breed.

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Les bovins Zhoushan et Hainan, les ovins Hu et les porcins Wuzhishan appartiennent à des populations locales chinoises. Leurs caractères écospécifiques sont uniques. Les bovins Zhoushan et Hainan sont différents entre eux, mais tout deux sont des zébus du type chinois, d'origine indienne. La particularité de la couleur de la robe dans les deux races, ainsi que certains polymorphismes dans le sérum du sang, indiquent quelques degrés de facteurs communs avec les bovins de Bali qui descendent du gaur. La population ovine Hu est prolifique et c'est la seule à avoir des cycles d'oestrus pendant toute l'année. Cette population est protégée par un programme de conservation in situ mais, èn ce moment, elle se trouve dans une situation critique due à l'impact de la rapide croissance économique rurale. Il existe moins de 30 porcs de race Wuzhishan, dont 3 mâles. Ils se trouvent tous en conservation ex situ mais une attention particulière est nécessaire pour les protéger en tant que race.

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Animal Genetic Resources/Resources génétiques animales/Recursos genéticos animales , Volume 16 , April 1995 , pp. 29 - 35
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Copyright © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1995

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