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Box 90 - Lennoxville Station, 2000 College St., Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 1Z3; 2Animal Production Dept., Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 68, Hadaeq Shubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt; 3Embrapa Cenargen, Caixa Postal 02372, 70770-900 Brasilia DF, Brazil; 4Dept. of Genetics, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, and National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, P.O. Box 754, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; 5Dept. of Genetics, University of Córdoba, Edificio Gregor Mendel, Córdoba, Spain; 6130A Jalan Awan Jawa, 58200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *Corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract Globalization is exposing the food security of nations to increased risk from loss of genetic resources which is essential in creating wealth in harmony with cultural patrimony, while ensuring food sovereignty. In the last century, exploiting animals for economic reasons and providing safe and secure supplies of high quality animal protein and minerals for human consumption from fewer livestock and poultry of superior genetics have achieved remarkable success. World-wide trends in utilizing breeding stocks derived from a narrow genetic base of smaller number of breed populations often supplied by multi-national corporations has encouraged competition in global markets transforming family operated farms into agri-business. These activities have increased the risk of extinction from erosion of indigenous landraces, populations and breeds, and depletion of genes within individuals. Furthermore, loss of genetic variation and production performance due to genetic drift is common in populations which have small numbers of male and female parents. The disruption of gene flow and resulting genetic diversity loss which is associated with reduction in fitness and adaptability has been occurring at an alarming rate. The food security of nations may be compromised in the near future, unless domestic animal diversity is conserved. In 2006, 76% of the countries and territories in the world classified as developing (GDP below US$11,116) shared 85% of the human population and a large proportion of livestock and poultry, and corresponding breed populations. In these countries the majority of the human population rely on livestock and poultry for their livelihood, and specialize in producing low value products for export, therefore, the potential impact from the depletion of genetic resources could be cataclysmic. Endangered domestic animals can be protected from extinction by identifying the sources associated with gene loss and implementing breeding strategies based on quantitative genetic principles in combination with advances in husbandry and disease control measures. Genetic sampling based on DNA extracted from blood, tissue, scat, hair, feather, egg shell membrane provide genetic information through DNA profiling that complement morphological characteristics and pedigree records of domestic animals. Inclusion of issues related to conservation of domestic animal diversity in the curriculum of educational institutes and publishing research findings in popular and scientific journals increases awareness of the issues involved in the management of animal genetic resources. Compensation criterion for breeders retaining populations at risk of extinction can be established using the biodiversity measure of trends among and within- species, and revenue lost from raising animals, perceived less productive. Some potential options for conserving diversity include farm parks and repositories to maintain populations of endangered farm animals, cryo-conservation of germplasm to add value to future breeding, further development of products derived from these animals, promotion and marketing with unique labeling, and policies directed towards endogenous development in favour of poverty alleviation. Keywords: Endangered breeds, managing diversity, genetics for conservation planning Introduction Livestock and poultry genetic resources have for centuries provided the human population with such essential products as food, fiber, skin and hides, insurance against crop failure, power for transportation and farming systems, fertilizer, breeding stock, capital, employment and recreation. These resources not only ensure the food sovereignty of nations in harmony with cultural patrimony, 1 but also sustain trade in goods and services, and prospects for prosperity. Furthermore, culture and traditions of owning and maintaining domestic animals have been indicative of wealth, use for religious rituals, insurance against crop failures, family employment, dowry, barter, and payment in kind during conflicts support sustainable rural development. Small farmers and the landless have, through the ownership of animals and their multi-functionality, enabled survival, in the face of hunger, poverty, and the current food crisis (Devendra, 2007). Discussions on domestic animal diversity are therefore associated with economics, culture, politics, external circumstances, natural selection and genetic response. The importance of conservation of genetic resources was first highlighted in a joint symposium of plant and animal breeders held in 1959, in Chicago, USA (Hodgson, 1961). In the years following the Second World War, requirements for a wider range of commodities from the rising number of affluent families in the industrialized nations facilitated the transformation of wartime technology and economy of scale to help improve production efficiency in agriculture. At that time, research in corn provided scientists with clear evidence of potential for improvement of productivity from genetic response to selection and hybrid vigour, which led to the development and application of quantitative genetic principles for the commercial exploitation of domestic livestock and poultry (Gowen, 1952). Breeders utilized a narrow genetic base within a small number of outstanding animals to achieve rapid genetic response resulting in the development of livestock and poultry populations that were exceptional in productivity that included economically important morphological characteristics and production performance. Breed populations with superior genetics were widely accepted by the commercial breeders while the quality of animal products produced gained consumer acceptance. The multi-national corporations seized the opportunity to