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TJAS Cover.Indd 22nd Congress of Animal Science and Production Association ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS - ADAPTATION STRATEGIES loci for tick burden and T. parva parva infection, respectively. body measurements data and showed that Sonok is signifi- By exploring a region of 25 kbp around the significant loci, cantly larger than Karapan (p<.05) in all dimensions. two genes were identified as putatively involved into local Exterior traits like body color patterns, dewlap, hump or back- adaptation for ECF: PRKG1 (Protein kinase, cGMP-dependent, line were analized using v2 which also showed significant type I) and SLA2 (Src-like-adaptor 2). PRKG1 is an inflamma- differences (p<.05) between the two sub-populations. tory response-related gene already described as associated Principal Component Analysis was used to visualize the with tick resistance in indigenous South African cattle. SLA2 underlying pattern of body measurements data. We could see is involved with lymphocyte proliferation regulatory pathways, separate clusters between the Sonok and the Karapan where which are known to be modified by T. parva parva infection. the first two PC explained 67% and 16% of the total variance. Additionally, a preliminary ancestry analysis of the highlighted These results allow discriminating the Sonok from the candidate regions showed a mixed sanga (African taurine x Karapan by means of body measurements and exterior traits. zebu) and zebuine origin for PRKG1 region, and a prevalent sanga origin for SLA2 region. Acknowledgements Acknowledgements The research was funded by Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher The research was funded by the European project NEXTGEN, Education, Republic of Indonesia. which allowed both genotyping and epidemiological data col- lection. The authors are also grateful to Graeme S. Cumming who kindly provided R. appendiculatus occurrence dataset O019 used in species distribution modelling. BOVITA: a first overview on genome- *Co-senior authorship wide genetic diversity of Italian autochthonous cattle breeds O018 Salvatore Mastrangelo1, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan2, Alessandro Bagnato3, Luca M. Battaglini4, Riccardo Bozzi5, Antonello Variation of Madura cattle in Madura Carta6, Gennaro Catillo7, Martino Cassandro8, Sara Casu6, Island, Indonesia Roberta Ciampolini9, Elena Ciani10, Paola Crepaldi3, 11 1 1 2 Mariasilvia D’Andrea , Rosalia Di Gerlando , Luca Tri Satya Mastuti Widi , Nuzul Widyas 12 3 13 1 Fontanesi , Maria Longeri , Nicolo P. P. Macciotta , Department of Animal Production, University of Gadjah Roberto Mantovani8, Donata Marletta14, Donato Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 15 16 3 2 Matassino , Marcello Mele , Giulio Pagnacco , Camillo Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sebelas 17 1 18 Pieramati , Baldassare Portolano , Francesca M. Sarti , Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia Fabio Pilla11 Contact: [email protected] 1Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, University of Madura cattle are between the most important local cattle in Palermo, Italy Indonesia: they are probably a crossing of Bali (a domesti- 2Istituto di Zootecnica, Universita Cattolica del Sacro cated form of the Banteng, Bos javanicus), Bos indicus and Cuore, Piacenza, Italy Bos taurus breeds. The uniformity of this hybrid was achieved 3Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, University of after hundreds years of selection in the island of Madura. Milano, Italy Madura cattle are embedded in many cultural aspects of local 4Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Forestali e Alimentari, people. Two famous traditional festivals involving Madura cat- University of Torino, Italy tle are Karapan (a bull racing) and Sonok (a cow/heifer 5Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e beauty contest); animals from different areas are bred specif- dell’Ambiente, University of Firenze, Italy ically for each event, and also the management practices are 6Unita di Ricerca di Genetica e Biotecnologie, Agris differently focused: as a result, there are visible phenotypic Sardegna, Sassari, Italy differences between the Karapan and Sonok sub-populations. 7Centro di Ricerca per la Produzione delle Carni e il The aim of this study was to prove scientifically the existing Miglioramento Genetico, Consiglio per la Ricerca in phenotypic variation between these two sub-populations. Agricoltura e l'Economia Agraria, Monterotondo (RM), Phenotypic traits were collected from 38 and 86 cows used for Italy Karapan and Sonok breeding respectively, obtained data were 8Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse analyzed using “R” programme. T-test was used to analyze Naturali e Ambiente, University of Padova, Italy [page 38] [Ital J Anim Sci vol.16:s1, 2017] Italian Journal of Animal Science 2017; volume 16: supplement 1 ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS - ADAPTATION STRATEGIES 9Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, University of Pisa, the genomic structure of Italian local cattle breeds, to provide Italy information on their genetic status that will be useful for the 10Dipartimento di Bioscienze Biotecnologie e management of the genetic variability, as a contribution to Biofarmaceutica, University of Bari, Italy biodiversity conservation and prioritization actions. 11Dipartimento Agricoltura, Ambiente e Alimenti, A total of about 800 animals (20-32 per breed) belonging to University of Molise, Italy thirty Italian cattle breeds (Agerolese, Bara-Pustertaler, 12Dipartimento di Scienze e tecnologie Agroalimentari, Burlina, Cabannina, Calvana, Chianina, Cinisara, Garfagnina, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy Italian Brown, Italian Holstein, Italian Simmental, 13Dipartimento di Agraria, University of Sassari, Italy Marchigiana, Maremmana, Modenese, Modicana, Mucca 14Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione, Ambiente, Pisana, Pezzata Rossa d’Oropa, Piedmontese, Pinzgau, University of Catania, Italy Podolica, Pontremolese, Pustertaler, Reggiana, Rendena, 15Consorzio per la Sperimentazione, Divulgazione e Romagnola, Rossa Siciliana, Sarda, Sardo-Bruna, Sardo- Applicazione di Biotecniche Innovative, Benevento, Italy Modicana and Ottonese-Varzese) and two cosmopolitan breeds 16Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro- (Charolaise and Limousine) genotyped with the Illumina ambientali, University of Pisa, Italy BovineSNP50 v2 BeadChip array were collected for the ana- 17Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, University of lysis. The genotypes of several breeds were detected in the Perugia, Italy frame of the project, whereas for some breeds these data are 18 Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali, derived by previous studies. The dataset will be analyzed to: University of Perugia, Italy study several aspects of population genetic diversity, multi- Contact: [email protected] dimensional scaling plot, population structure, linkage dis- Analysis of genomic data is increasingly becoming part of the equilibrium, and runs of homozygosity. In addition, compara- livestock industry and is an invaluable resource for effective tive analysis of conserved haplotypes will be conducted to management of breeding programs in small populations. The identify genomic segments under selection pressure. Such recent availability of genome-wide SNP panels allows provid- information also provides important insights into the mecha- ing background information concerning genome structure in nisms of evolution and is useful for the annotation of signifi- domestic animals, opening new perspectives to livestock gen- cant functional genomics regions. Data analysis will also be etics. BOVITA was established to join local efforts and resour- useful to select SNPs suitable for parentage test and breed ces for the genomic characterization of Italian local cattle genetic traceability. The analysis of the data will pinpoint the breeds. Despite the growing diffusion of some cosmopolite genetic distinctiveness of Italian breeds. Moreover, the specialized breeds, several autochthonous breeds are still obtained results contribute to a better characterization of his- bred in Italy. The main aim of the BOVITA is to investigate tory and genetic structure of Italian cattle breeds. [Ital J Anim Sci vol.16:s1, 2017] [page 39].
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