Construction of Network Database on Domestic Animal Genetic Resources In China

Xiong Ben-hai, Luo Qing-yao and Pang Zhi-hong

This study has set up a network database on animal genetic resources in China depending on standardized resources data from bath ?Chinese Animal Breed Records? and much collected animal genetic information anew, software and hardware circumstance and TBF no-structural full-text database. At the same time, we have issued our website http://www.cdad-is.org.cn/ by Internet. Inside the website, we supply many searching models such as full-text searching, field searching, combination searching, twice searching and multi-databases searching etc. Finally, it points out the future development objectives of the network database as follows: The first is how to get dynamic animal genetic information of China, the second is to realize transition of information serving from current content management to future knowledge management.  In the Chinese animal genetic resources database, we have collected about 576 breeds genetic resources information according to determinated trait description specifications. These breeds include three kinds of origins,that is Local, developed and introduce. The major species include pig, Chicken, duck, goose, cattle, buffalo, yak, gayal, sheep, goat, horse, donkey, camel, rabbit, spotted deer, red deer, water mink, mink, and bee etc. All above data have been supplied free-fee sharing around world.

Keywords : Domestic Animal, Genetic Resources,Network databases