TY - JOUR
T1 - Ex situ and in situ data for endangered livestock breeds in Spain
AU - Silva, Rafael
AU - Gardyn, Oscar Cortes
AU - Hiemstra, Sipke Joost
AU - Oliveira Marques, Joao G.
AU - Tixier-Boichard, Michele
AU - Moran, Dominic
PY - 2021/2/4
Y1 - 2021/2/4
N2 - Improvements in ex situ storage of genetic and reproductive materials offer an alternative for endangered livestock breed conservation. This paper presents a dataset for current ex situ collections and in situ population for 179 Spanish livestock breeds of seven species, cattle, sheep, pig, chicken, goat, horse and donkey. Ex situ data was obtained via survey administered to 18 functioning gene banks in Spain and relates to the reproductive genetic materials (semen doses) of 210 livestock breeds distributed across the gene banks. In situ data combines CENSUS information with linear regression techniques and relates to the geographic distribution of 179 Spanish autochthonous livestock breeds (2009-2018), and in situ population projections and extinction probabilities (2019-2060). We use a decision variable defining an “acceptable level of risk” that allows decision makers to specify tolerable levels of in situ breed endangerment when taking ex situ collection and storage decisions.
AB - Improvements in ex situ storage of genetic and reproductive materials offer an alternative for endangered livestock breed conservation. This paper presents a dataset for current ex situ collections and in situ population for 179 Spanish livestock breeds of seven species, cattle, sheep, pig, chicken, goat, horse and donkey. Ex situ data was obtained via survey administered to 18 functioning gene banks in Spain and relates to the reproductive genetic materials (semen doses) of 210 livestock breeds distributed across the gene banks. In situ data combines CENSUS information with linear regression techniques and relates to the geographic distribution of 179 Spanish autochthonous livestock breeds (2009-2018), and in situ population projections and extinction probabilities (2019-2060). We use a decision variable defining an “acceptable level of risk” that allows decision makers to specify tolerable levels of in situ breed endangerment when taking ex situ collection and storage decisions.
KW - animal genetic resources
KW - gene banks
KW - cryoconservation
KW - in situ conservation
U2 - 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106805
DO - 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106805
M3 - Article
JO - Data in brief
JF - Data in brief
SN - 2352-3409
ER -