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- Gene Bank and the Traditional Breeds Meat Marketing scheme,
which benefit the wider livestock industry.
- The Trust has demonstrated the value of rare native breeds
in non- intensive sustainable systems of livestock production.
- The Trust has carried out or sponsored research in a variety
of studies which are relevant to all breeds of livestock. These
include lipid analysis (cholesterol content) and evaluation
of carcase quality, ease of parturition trials for cattle and
sheep, genetic distance studies, development of linear assessment
models for beef cattle, and scrapie resistance in sheep breeds.
- The Trust co-operates with other organisations, such as CLA,
NFU, National Trust and English Nature, in areas of common interest,
and participates actively in the Biotechnology for Biodiversity
Platform and the Grazing Animal Project.
- The Trust has an Approved Centre scheme to approve those farm
parks that contribute to the conservation of rare breeds and
maintain high standards for both animals and visitors.
- The Trust needs your support to ensure the security and promotion
of Britain's rare and minority breeds. Join now
History and Heritage Rare native breeds are an integral part
of British history. Soay sheep have been found here for thousands
of years; Bagot goats were brought in by the returning Crusaders;
Dorking poultry were here already when the Romans arrived, and
White Park cattle were valued even earlier as a special breed
in the Celtic and Druidic culture. They are as much a natural
part of the British countryside as old churches, castles and monuments.
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