Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt, Natur und Digitalisierung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Mercatorstraße 3
24106 Kiel
Website: External link to the authority
Rotbunt DN (Doppelnutzung)
The practical implementation of genomic selection, a selection method in which breeding values can be estimated with sufficient certainty even for very young animals, has led to an almost doubling of global genetic progress in the last 10 years. One disadvantage of this innovative method is that only very large populations, such as Holstein Friesian or Fleckvieh, can utilise this selection method. This increases the pressure on small populations, such as Rotbunt DN. The loss of such populations represents an irretrievable loss of genetic diversity. This project contributes to the preservation of genetic diversity in Schleswig-Holstein, Belgium and Luxembourg by establishing state-of-the-art breeding methods and innovative phenotypes in the Redcoloured DN populations on a long-term and sustainable basis. In addition to the partners from Germany, partners from Belgium are also involved in the project. The preservation of endangered breeds is desirable for cultural reasons on the one hand, and on the other hand they contribute to genetic diversity with their gene pool.
Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.
Genetic resource
Rural development 2023-2027 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 127 of Reg. 2021/2115)
Rinderzucht Schleswig-Holstein eG
Rendsburger Straße 178
24537 Neumünster
Phone: 04321/905348
Email: i.schnoor@rsheg.de
2023
ongoing
497,000
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