DAD-IS
DAD-IS is the acronym of the worldwide Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, within the FAO's management of animal genetic resources programme.[1] It includes a searchable database of information about breeds, the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources; it also holds tools for management, and contacts for the National and Regional Coordinators for the programme.[1] Data from the Global Databank is used for reporting on the global status and trends of animal genetic resources.
Breeds in the Global Databank
Animal Populations in DAD-IS
In August 2011 the database held 13878 breeds of 35 mammal and avian species, reported from 198 countries. Fish and bees were not included.[2] In 2007, the global databank held information on 7 616 breeds, and of these 6 536 were local breeds, 523 regional and 557 international breeds. Of these recorded breeds, 20% were reported to be at risk of extinction.[3] In June 2014 the Global Databank held information on 14869 breed populations from 182 countries, belonging to 8774 breeds and 35 species of birds and mammals.[4]
| Breed | Africa | Asia and Pacific | Europe | Latin America and the Caribbean |
Near and Middle East |
North America | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaca | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 11 |
| Ass | 26 | 32 | 54 | 25 | 47 | 5 | 189 |
| Bactrian camel | - | 6 | 4 | - | 6 | - | 16 |
| Buffalo | 5 | 120 | 16 | 21 | 12 | - | 174 |
| Cassowary | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Cattle | 600 | 560 | 948 | 648 | 184 | 92 | 3032 |
| Chicken | 278 | 454 | 1092 | 319 | 97 | 65 | 2305 |
| Chilean tinamou | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Deer | 1 | 32 | 21 | 8 | - | 1 | 63 |
| Dog | 6 | 5 | 45 | 1 | - | - | 57 |
| Dromedary | 26 | 12 | 1 | - | 58 | - | 97 |
| Dromedary/ Bactrian Camel | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Duck (domestic) | 23 | 123 | 156 | 37 | 12 | - | 351 |
| Duck (domestic)/ Muscovy duck | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| Emu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Goat | 234 | 259 | 332 | 193 | 139 | 27 | 1184 |
| Goose (domestic) | 11 | 58 | 164 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 252 |
| Guanaco | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Guinea fowl | 39 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | - | 62 |
| Guinea Pig | 4 | - | - | 15 | - | - | 19 |
| Horse | 98 | 203 | 740 | 198 | 97 | 60 | 1396 |
| Llama | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | 9 |
| Muscovy duck | 9 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | - | 50 |
| Nandu | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Ostrich | 7 | 9 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 22 |
| Partridge | 2 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 13 |
| Peacock | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pheasant | - | 7 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 18 |
| Pig | 143 | 419 | 482 | 241 | 12 | 30 | 1327 |
| Pigeon | 6 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 9 | - | 72 |
| Quail | - | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 52 |
| Rabbit | 66 | 44 | 300 | 84 | 12 | - | 506 |
| Sheep | 273 | 345 | 1133 | 278 | 259 | 79 | 2367 |
| Swallow | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Turkey | 11 | 19 | 86 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 175 |
| Vicuña | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Yak (domestic) | - | 22 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 27 |
| Total | 1872 | 2810 | 5660 | 2165 | 976 | 395 | 13878 |
Number of Livestock Species and Breeds used for Food and Agriculture Worldwide
| Breed | Africa | Asia and Pacific | Europe | Latin America and the Caribbean |
Near and Middle East |
North America | Southwest Pacific | International Transboundary | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ass | 23 | 42 | 52 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 169 |
| Bactrian camel | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Buffalo | 4 | 99 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| Cattle | 179 | 261 | 406 | 147 | 40 | 19 | 33 | 111 | 1196 |
| Dromedary | 47 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 89 |
| Goat | 112 | 195 | 235 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 665 |
| Guinea Pig | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Horse | 46 | 146 | 416 | 87 | 14 | 25 | 25 | 69 | 828 |
| Pig | 58 | 220 | 206 | 65 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 610 |
| Rabbit | 14 | 16 | 227 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 316 |
| Sheep | 140 | 276 | 690 | 55 | 54 | 28 | 41 | 101 | 1385 |
| Yak (domestic) | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Chicken | 137 | 310 | 951 | 88 | 33 | 15 | 30 | 107 | 1671 |
| Duck (domestic) | 15 | 94 | 119 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 278 |
| Goose (domestic) | 10 | 46 | 126 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 205 |
| Duck (domestic)/ Muscovy duck | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Ostrich | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Partridge | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Pheasant | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Pigeon | 7 | 13 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 74 |
| Turkey | 11 | 11 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 114 |
| Others | 47 | 46 | 107 | 30 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 268 |
| Total Breeds per Region: | 867 | 1849 | 3648 | 623 | 241 | 158 | 198 | 549 | 8133 |
Figure 1: Total Number of Livestock Breeds by region. Local and regional transboundary breeds are combined and international transboundary breeds are ones that are found in more than 1 country. Source: FAO 2016 Status of Animal Genetic Resources-2016. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/c40d538b-4765-445d-ba3c-c06eaaa49f4a/
See also
For the full list of horse breeds in the database, see List of horse breeds in DAD-IS.
References
- ^ a b About. DAD-IS. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
- ^ Breeds by species and country. DAD-IS. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2011.
- ^ ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf FAO. 2007. BREEDS CURRENTLY RECORDED IN THE GLOBAL DATABANK FOR ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES
- ^ Beate Scherf, D. Pilling (editors) (2015). The Second Report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN ISBN 9789251088203.