The farm animal genetic resources of Turkey: sheep – II – crossbreed and extinct genotypes/breeds
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2012Author
Yılmaz, Orhan
Ertuğrul, Mehmet
Wilson, Richard Trevor
Cengiz, Fırat
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Biodiversity richness indicates the economic and genetic wealth of a country. Turkey is like a bridge
between Europe and Asia; hence it has been used by traders, travellers or intruders for centuries which
resulted with the existence of considerably different kinds of domestic animals. Although some of the
genotypes are extinct or are crucially under the risk of extinction, the domestic livestock resources of
Turkey have not been adequately appraised. On one hand new breeds are created by human beings, on
the other hand much more breeds are getting extinct because of them. The creation of new breeds
contributes to human welfare, but the extinction of native breeds exacerbates human life. In this study
domestic livestock biodiversity and their conservation in Turkey is intended to be explained by giving
brief examples about the sheep breeds of Turkey.
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