Daina Jonkus Academic position Professor Dr. agr. Field of research 2. Preservation of biological diversity in agro- and forest biocenoses, ecosystem protection and services E-mail daina.jonkus@lbtu.lv She has obtained a doctoral degree in Agriculture Sciences (Animal sciences) in 2007. Professor and leading researcher in Animal and Dairy Science Industry. She has research in Animal breeding and selection, genetic parameters evaluation, analysis of factors influencing the variability of livestock productivity traits, possibilities of using precision technologies in livestock production, phenotypic and in recent year’s genetic research of dairy cows, pigs, goats, sheep and horses populations of indigenous genetic resources. She has participated in international scientific projects and led several national research projects. She is the author or co-author of 40 peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS (h-index 6). The most important projects (2019-2025) Enhancement and research of the genetic material of Latvia's local endangered animal breeds accumulated in the national gene bank, 2019 , project leader The impact of the effective population size of local endangered breeds on the increase in inbreeding, 2019 , project leader Characterization of general and mastitis susceptibility genetic background for Latvia’s local (indigenous) breeds of ruminants, 2020 Sustainable development of Latvian pig farming based on antibiotic-free and organic farming principles, 2019 , project leader Climate Care Cattle Farming Systems (CCCfarming), 2019 Data Driven Dairy Decisions for Farmers (4D4F), 2016 , project leader The most important publications (2019-2025) L. Paura, D. Jonkus , (2025), Analysis of genetic diversity in Latvian darkheaded sheep population, Small Ruminant Research, ISSN 0921-4488 L. Paura, D. Jonkus , (2023), Analysis of inbreeding of the Latvian local goat breed, Small Ruminant Research, ISSN 0921-4488 D. Gāliņa, D. Kairiša, D. Jonkus, A. Valdovska , (2023), Genomic characterization and initial insight into mastitis-associated SNP profiles of local Latvian Bos taurus breeds, Animals, ISSN 2076-2615 D. Gāliņa, D. Jonkus, D. Kairiša, A. Valdovska , (2024), Genetic characterization of the Latvian local goat breed and genetic traits associated with somatic cell count, Animal : the international journal of animal biosciences, ISSN 1751-7311 L. Paura, D. Jonkus , (2024), Pedigree analysis of the Latvian Warmblood horse heavy type population, Czech Journal of Animal Science, ISSN 1805-9309 Membership Member of Editorial Board of Journal Agronomy Research, https://agronomy.emu.ee/
