DONKEY GENETIC RESOURCES OF INDIA

P.V. JADHAV¹*, S.J. KOMATWAR², G.R. CHANNA³, P.S. BANKAR^4
1College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
²College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
³College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
⁴College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
* Corresponding Author : drprajaktavet@gmail.com

Received : 03-06-2023     Accepted : 28-06-2023     Published : 30-06-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 6       Pages : 12418 - 12420
Int J Agr Sci 15.6 (2023):12418-12420

Keywords : Donkey, Genetic diversity, Phylogenetic analysis, Bottleneck analysis
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Donkeys play a crucial role in poor households in developing countries like India though, they are largely invisible in development policy and plans and they often fail to find their place in agricultural and food security plans. They are neither on the livestock radar in agricultural or food security discussions nor do they feature in transport policy discussions. Donkey occupy a place in government statistics but their economic value is not articulated correctly. Unlike bovines, they are never a part of export or trade debate. Three registered breeds of Donkey in India are; Kachchhi, Halari and Spiti and there are few more donkey populations that have been studied for their genetic variability. This review focuses on status of donkey as a livestock resource in India with special reference to Marathwada

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