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
The total number of mammalian national breed populations recorded in DAD-IS in February 2016 was 11 116, and the total number of avian national breed populations was 3 799.
Animal Populations in DAD-IS
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. Note : Figures exclude extinct breeds. Figures for Alpaca, American bison, deer, dog, dromedary × Bactrian camel, guanaco, llama and vicuña are combined in the “others” category. Figures for cassowary, Chilean tinamou, duck × Muscovy duck, emu, guinea fowl, ñandu, peacock, quail and swallow are also combined into the “others” category. 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
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