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GENETIC EROSION ON CAMELIDAE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2011

S. Fernandez-Baca
S. Fernandez-Baca
Affiliation:
Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe Avda. Santa Maria, 6700 Santiage de Chile, CHILE
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Resumen

El autor describe la situación actual de los camélidos en América del Sur, aportando información sobre la geografia, distribución y número de las tres especies existentes: llama, alpaca y vicuña. Vienen presentados igualmente datos estadísticos importantes sobre las razas y sus sistemas de producción. Algunas indicaciones también sobre la escasa, pero cierta, erosión genética como consecuencia de las transformaciones ambientales y de gestión, asi como del cambio registrado en la demanda de productos.

Summary

The author describes the actual situation of the South American Caiiielidae with information on the geographic distribution and numbers of the three existing species, namely the llama, the alpaca and the guanaco. Data on vital statistics and products and on the existing breeds and production systems compl ete the picture. The available indication on the scarse but certainly occurring genetic erosion are described as a consequence of environmental and management changes but also changing demand in the products.

Keywords

Recurso genéticocanieliclaeAmerica del SurGenetic ResourcesCameli'daeSouth America
Type
Research Articles
Information
Animal Genetic Resources/Resources génétiques animales/Recursos genéticos animales , Volume 14 , April 1994 , pp. 91 - 98
Copyright
Copyright © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1994

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