In livestock Some
breeds are known for their trypanotolerance. This is especially important in
Africa where a
few particular trypanosomes are major economic and agricultural
pests.
History of genetic research Trypanotolerance had previously been achieved through normal livestock breeding in cattle, but genetic analysis was becoming a serious option in the 1980s. The effort that would eventually bear fruit began with a conversation between Peter Brumby - then at the
International Livestock Centre for Africa - and
Morris Soller in 1985. This was followed by the opening of the short-lived International Trypanotolerance Center in
the Gambia in 1987 with a seminar on the genome mapping project that would continue beyond the Center itself. The project was then actually completed by the ILRI - the successor to the ILCA - in 2003. == References ==