title: Native Pig and Chicken Breed Database: NPCDB.
abstract: Indigenous (native) breeds of livestock have higher disease resistance and adaptation to the environment due to high genetic diversity. Even though their extinction rate is accelerated due to the increase of commercial breeds, natural disaster, and civil war, there is a lack of well-established databases for the native breeds. Thus, we constructed the native pig and chicken breed database (NPCDB) which integrates available information on the breeds from around the world. It is a nonprofit public database aimed to provide information on the genetic resources of indigenous pig and chicken breeds for their conservation. The NPCDB (http://npcdb.snu.ac.kr/) provides the phenotypic information and population size of each breed as well as its specific habitat. In addition, it provides information on the distribution of genetic resources across the country. The database will contribute to understanding of the breed's characteristics such as disease resistance and adaptation to environmental changes as well as the conservation of indigenous genetic resources.
authors.affiliation: C&K Genomics, Seoul National University Research Park, Seoul 151-919, Korea .
authors.forename: Hyeon-Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: C&K Genomics, Seoul National University Research Park, Seoul 151-919, Korea .
authors.forename: Dae-Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: C&K Genomics, Seoul National University Research Park, Seoul 151-919, Korea .
authors.forename: Se-Yoon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.affiliation: C&K Genomics, Seoul National University Research Park, Seoul 151-919, Korea .
authors.forename: Samsun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.affiliation: C&K Genomics, Seoul National University Research Park, Seoul 151-919, Korea .
authors.forename: Hyeon-Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: C&K Genomics, Seoul National University Research Park, Seoul 151-919, Korea .
authors.forename: Seoae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: C&K Genomics, Seoul National University Research Park, Seoul 151-919, Korea .
authors.forename: Heebal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biotechnology, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea .
authors.forename: Sung-Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
keywords: Chicken; Conservation; Database; Indigenous (Native) Breeds; Pig