Registration of Indigenous Cattle

REGISTRATION OF FARM ANIMAL GERMPLASM

Animal Science Division
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
New Delhi
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources
Karnal-132 001

          The domestic livestock and poultry have supported the agrarian economy of India by contributing milk, meat, egg, draught power, fibre, manure, etc. as well as generating rural employment. As per FAO, Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) refer to those animal species and the populations within each species that are used, or may be used, for production of food and agriculture. Our country is bestowed with rich domestic animal biodiversity such as cattle, buffalo, goat, sheep, horse, camel, pig, donkey, yak, mithun, poultry etc. Vast range of agro-ecological zones of India has helped to develop large number of breeds of various species of livestock and poultry. This diversity of domesticated livestock and poultry breeds has emerged due to years of evolution within specific ecological niche. Several complex and interactive factors like human needs, adaptability of a species, agro-climatic conditions, selection and animal husbandry practices ultimately culminate in the emergence of a breed. Each breed/type/strain should be regarded as an aggregate of specific genes, to serve specific purpose(s) in particular agro-ecological zones.

         The advent of new era of national sovereignty over genetic resources under Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requires a new approach to describe and catalogue livestock and poultry breeds. Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) under General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) through Article 27, “patents shall be available for any invention”. It implies member countries to provide protection to its livestock and poultry genetic resources by an effective sui generis system. This in turn demands an authentic national documentation system of valuable sovereign genetic resources with well defined characteristics. Towards this end a mechanism for “Registration of Animal Germplasm” is being initiated at National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), Karnal under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). This would provide identity and protection to the valuable animal genetic resources and facilitate its access for genetic improvement and economic utilisation.

         The registration of Indian livestock and poultry germplasm shall revolve around the concept of a breed. It is difficult to exactly define a breed; however, FAO has defined the breed which is widely accepted, read as follows:
The breeds are either
       (a) a sub-specific group of domestic livestock with definable and identifiable external characteristics that enable it to be separated by visual appraisal from other similarly-defined groups within same species; or

       (b) a group for which geographical and/or cultural separation from phenotypically similar groups has led to acceptance of its separate identity.

         The animal germplasm registration needs to be carried out at breed/type/strain/variety level within a species. Species-wise national animal germplasm registration shall be maintained at NBAGR, Karnal. The known breeds of various species shall be registered to begin with. The registration shall be carried out using a well laid breed descriptor which has been evolved by the Bureau. An alpha numeric code has been designed for all the breeds in the following format

         INDIA_SPECIES NAME_ABCD_BREED NAME_XYEFG

         AB = Two Digit Numeric Code for State One (Major Tract)
         CD = Two Digit Numeric Code for State Two
         XY = Two Digit Numeric Code for Species
         EFG = Three Digit Numeric Code for the Breed

The list of breed accession numbers evolved using above format for existing breeds of livestock and poultry is furnished below.

New breeds will be registered by National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), Karnal. Organisations / departments / universities seeking to get their unique livestock & poultry populations registered as breeds may apply in the prescribed format to Director, NBAGR, P.O. Box 129, Karnal – 132001 (Haryana).


http://www.nbagr.res.in/Accessionbreed.html


http://www.nbagr.res.in/regcat.html

S.N.	Breed	Home Tract	Accession number
1	Amritmahal	Karnataka	INDIA_CATTLE_0800_AMRITMAHAL_03001
2	Bachaur	Bihar	INDIA_CATTLE_0300_BACHAUR_03002
3	Bargur	Tamilnadu	INDIA_CATTLE_1800_BARGUR_03003
4	Dangi	Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_1104_DANGI_03004
5	Deoni	Maharashtra and Karnataka	INDIA_CATTLE_1108_DEONI_03005
6	Gaolao	Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_1110_GAOLAO_03006
7	Gir	Gujrat	INDIA_CATTLE_0400_GIR_03007
8	Hallikar	Karnataka	INDIA_CATTLE_0800_HALLIKAR_03008
9	Hariana	Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan	INDIA_CATTLE_0520_HARIANA_03009
10	Kangayam	Tamilnadu	INDIA_CATTLE_1800_KANGAYAM_03010
11	Kankrej	Gujarat and Rajasthan	INDIA_CATTLE_0417_KANKREJ_03011
12	Kenkatha	Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_2010_KENKATHA_03012
13	Kherigarh	Uttar Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_2000_KHERIGARH_03013
14	Khillar	Maharashtra and Karnataka	INDIA_CATTLE_1108_KHILLAR_03014
15	Krishna Valley	Karnataka	INDIA_CATTLE_0800_KRISHNAVALLEY_03015
16	Malvi	Madhya Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_1000_MALVI_03016
17	Mewati	Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_1705_MEWATI_03017
18	Nagori	Rajasthan	INDIA_CATTLE_1700_NAGORI_03018
19	Nimari	Madhya Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_1000_NIMARI_03019
20	Ongole	Andhra Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_0100_ONGOLE_03020
21	Ponwar	Uttar Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_2000_PONWAR_03021
22	Punganur	Andhra Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_0100_PUNGANUR_03022
23	Rathi	Rajasthan	INDIA_CATTLE_1700_RATHI_03023
24	Red Kandhari	Maharashtra	INDIA_CATTLE_1100_REDKANDHARI_03024
25	Red Sindhi	On organized farms only	INDIA_CATTLE_0000_REDSINDHI_03025
26	Sahiwal	Punjab and Rajasthan	INDIA_CATTLE_1617_SAHIWAL_03026
27	Siri	Sikkim and West Bengal	INDIA_CATTLE_2221_SIRI_03027
28	Tharparkar	Rajasthan	INDIA_CATTLE_1700_THARPARKAR_03028
29	Umblachery	Tamilnadu	INDIA_CATTLE_1800_UMBLACHERY_03029
30	Vechur	Kerala	INDIA_CATTLE_0900_VECHUR_03030
New Breeds
31	Motu	Orissa,Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh	INDIA_CATTLE_1526_MOTU _03031
32	Ghumusari	Orissa	INDIA_CATTLE_1500_GHUMUSARI _03032
33	Binjharpuri	Orissa	INDIA_CATTLE_1500_BINJHARPURI _03033
34	Khariar	Orissa	INDIA_CATTLE_1500_KHARIAR _03034