Current Status of Animal Genetic Resources in Oman
I. Shaat and R. Al-Habsi
Review I Published October,2016
Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology
ABSTRACT
Oman is endowed with a wealth of biodiversity. It has a wide
diversity of animal genetic resources (AnGR), which are
indigenous. After preparation of the first country report on
the state of Oman's AnGR in 2002, the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) started a breeding strategy
for sustainable management, utilization and conservation of
AnGR in line
with the basic elements and the steps used and developed by
FAO. AnGR in Oman consist of cows, sheep, goats, camels,
horses and poultry that are located in varying numbers
across the Sultanate. Most of the cows (58%) are located in
the Southern part on Oman (Dhofar governorate) while, more
than 70% of sheep and goats population concentrates in the
North of Oman and the majority of camels (60%) are located
in Dhofar governorate. Numbers of local poultry are low,
raised at research stations and in some villages. There are
modest numbers of horses in the Royal Cavalry and the rest
are located at the Royal Court Affairs. MAF has carried out
considerable work (in-situ and ex-situ) for
conservation of farm animal genetic resources such as
cattle, sheep, goats and poultry in collaboration with
Sultan Qaboos University, Ministry of Environment and
Climatic Affairs, and Diwan of the Royal Court. MAF has very
good herds and flocks from different local species
distributed in four-research stations. It also has a gene
bank for cryopreservation for semen, embryos and ova.
Key Words: Conservation, Animal
Genetic Resources and Oman.
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