Characterization of general and mastitis susceptibility genetic background for Latvia’s local (indigenous) breeds of ruminants Project leader Anda Valdovska Team of project Daina Jonkus Daina Kairiša Duration 2020 - 2023 Research focus 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change Source of funding National research programs Project partners Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre “Kurzemes CMAS”“Siguldas CMAS”Agricultural Data Centre Description of project The aim of research Genetic characterization of four local ruminant breeds and employment of acquired data for further in-depth analysis of genetic factors that determine manifestation of selected traits. The tasks of project: Pedigree analysis for animals from four local ruminant breedsSelection of 32 animals for whole genome resequencing, sample collection and DNA extractionWhole genome resequencing for selected animals with the target coverage of 35x and subsequent data analysisIdentification of animals with mastitis susceptibility and characterization of diseaseSelection of 128 animals for low coverage whole genome resequencing, sample collection and DNA extractionLow coverage whole genome resequencing for selected animals with the target coverage of 13x, and subsequent data analysis Results publicēti 3 WoS raksti; ziņojumi 4 starptaut. konferencēs; aizstāvēti 3 bakalaura darbi; sagatavotas 3 rekomendācijas
