Creating a Gene Bank for Busha Cattle in the R. Of Macedonia

Abstract

Busha cattle are autohtonous breed on the Balkan Peninsula. This breed is a part of the National Biodiversity Program for conservation of the indigenous breeds of animals in the R. of Macedonia. Because of the economic, cultural and scientific reasons it is very important to protect biological diversity of autochthonous breeds like busha cattle. The aim of the research was to establish a gene bank for different strains of adult busha cattle in the R. of Macedonia. For that purpose, 998 samples of blood, 1100 coat hair samples and 958 doses of semen were collected from Busha adult cattle. Also, a phenotupic characterization was done on the adult Busha cattle, for the basic productive and morphological traits in adult Busha cattle. During the last few years, there are certain negative trends in population size of busha cattle, according to the decreasing of rural population in hill-mountain regions and small interest of young people to rear indigenous breeds like Busha cattle.

Goveda rase Buša su autohtona rasa goveda na Balkanskom poluostrvu. Ova rasa je deo Nacionalnog Programa biodiverziteta za očuvanje domaćih rasa životinja u Republici Makedoniji. Zbog ekonomskih, kulturoloških i naučnih razloga veoma je značajno zaštititi biološki diverzitet autohtonih rasa kao što su Buša goveda. Cilj istraživanja je bio da se osnuje banka gena za različite sojeve odraslih Buša goveda u Republici Makedoniji. Iz tog razloga, prikupljeno je 998 uzoraka krvi, 1100 uzoraka sa dlačnog pokrivača i 958 doza semena od odraslih goveda rase Buša. Takođe, izvršena je fenotipska karakterizacija odraslih goveda rase Buša, na osnovne proizvodne i morfološke osobine. Tokom poslednjih par godina, postoji jasan negativan trend u veličini populacije goveda rase Buša, u skladu sa opadanjem ruralne populacije u brdsko-planinskim područjima i malog interesovanja mladih ljudi da zadrže domaće rase kao što su goveda rase Buša.