Rooms for genetic improvement in Indonesian Bali cattle population

International Conference On Food Science and Engineering 2016

Widyas, N.^1 ; Nugroho, T.^1 ; Prastowo, S.^1

Animal Science Department, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia^1

关键词: Genetic improvements;    Indonesia;    Indonesians;    Population sizes;    Tropical climates;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/193/1/012037/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/193/1/012037

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Bali cattle is a species of Bos javanicus d'Alton, a local cattle in Indonesia. They are loaded with potential as meat producer and well adapted to tropical climate and limited feed resources. Studies have been made to characterize the species. This paper presents a rough estimate of the opportunity to improve the Bali cattle population genetically. Our aim is to endorse that the Bali cattle could be both superior and efficient as tropical meat producer cattle. Results shows that Bali cattle population size is decreasing for the last years with a possibility to be accompanied by genetic quality decline. However, there is hope in improving Bali cattle genetically by a proper breeding strategy. This could also be an answer to the challenge of climate change which leads to global warming; where species adaptable to such environment is more beneficial in the future.