University of Tasmania
Browse

File(s) under permanent embargo

The Agersoe cattle: the last remnants of the Danish island cattle (Bos taurus)?

journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 11:22 authored by Withen, KB, Bruniche-Olsen, A, Pedersen, BV, Gravlund, P
A phenotypically interesting strain of cattle existed on the small island of Agersoe, on the west coast of Zealand, Denmark, in the beginning of the last decade. The cattle share a great resemblance to the extinct Dan- ish breed, the Island cattle. The objective of this study was to genetically characterize the Agersoe cattle, using microsatellites, amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and mtDNA markers, and analyse the genetic variability within the breed and the genetic relationship to 14 European breeds with focus on the Red Danish and Jutland breed. The results show diversity in nuclear markers comparable to that of modern breeds and that the Agersoe cattle are separable from the two native breeds. The absence of inbreeding and the degree of genetic diversity are taken as a sign of recent admixture. The Agersoe cattle did not exhi- bit a consistent association with any of the European breeds. Several arguments based on this survey have been put forward in favour of characterizing the Agersoe cattle as being the last remnants of the Dan- ish Island Cattle.

History

Publication title

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volume

128

Pagination

141-152

ISSN

0931-2668

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Blackwell Verlag Gmbh

Place of publication

Kurfurstendamm 57, Berlin, Germany, D-10707

Rights statement

The definitive published version is available online at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Terrestrial biodiversity

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC