BecA Hub in action Project Title:
Functional gene discovery for disease resistance in Chicken
| Donor: | Rural Development Administartion, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) |
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| Partner/Institution: | National Livestock Research Institute (NLRI), Korea, Republic of (South Korea) |
| Project Highlight: | Genetic Diversity: The genetic diversity in fowl is much higher corporeal other livestock species, because of the variety of breeds existing on world wide. Most of indigenous breeds have a good adaptability for climate and disease. Their value for breeding is high, but frequent use of imported breeds is cause up a lost of unique genetic diversity. The genetic resources became issues of access and benefit sharing which means that difficult collection of samples will be more difficult. Lack of studies base on understanding of genetic relatonships indigenous fowl breeds in Korea using the molecular data. Disease Resistance: Avian Influenza (AI) has been a continuous problem in the world and damaged seriously to poultry industry and public health. In Korea, the first outbreak of Al was in 1993, and followed by highly pathogenic outbreak in 2003, and 2006. More than 5 million chicken and ducks were sacrificed and the economic lost was over 150 million dollars. Recently research has shown that Al virus of low pathogenicity can mutate in its host into highly pathogenic types, H5N1. Most Al cases in poultry and humans have been recorded in South - East Asia. |
| Total Project Budget $US: | 120,000.00 |
| Scientist Involved: | Steve Kemp |
| Scientist Email: | Email: s.kemp@cgiar.org |
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