Abstract
The review of farm animal genetic resources, degree of danger of extinction and way of preservation of certain autochthonous breeds of livestock in Montenegro was the aim of this article. Origin, geographical distribution, population size, morphological and productive traits of the important populations of livestock, as brachyceros breed of cattle - Busha, coarse wool domestic breeds of sheep (Pivska, Zetska zuja, Ljaba, Bardoka), domestic hilly horse breed and donkey were presented. .
Highlights
Montenegro, as a country with relatively small territory (13812 square kilometers), has a large number of populations of domestic farm animals
Population size, origin, and data about most important morphological and productive traits achieved in the investigation performed until now, will be presented
There are several breeds of cattle reared in Montenegro: Brown Swiss, Tyrolean gray, Holstein-Frisian, Simmental, and local breed called Busha
Summary
Montenegro, as a country with relatively small territory (13812 square kilometers), has a large number of populations of domestic farm animals. These populations are small and very specific in terms of their genetic and phenotypic characteristics. Some of them are endangered and facing extinction. Research and conservation of all these species, breeds and strains, especially autochthonous, as the carriers of specific genes for creation of new breeds and genetic combinations for direct use and for keeping of genepools, have a great importance. A review of the most endangered populations of breeds and strains, reared in Montenegro will be given in this paper. Population size, origin, and data about most important morphological and productive traits achieved in the investigation performed until now, will be presented
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