Innovative digital breeding tool for sustainable animal breeding and societal development

Genetic biodiversity loss and inbreeding pose significant threats to both domesticated and wild species, leading to diseases, reduced reproduction, and vulnerability to climate change. This project will develop a digital tool to support maintaining genetic biodiversity and minimizing inbreeding.

Based on conservation genetic research, the tool will enable societal stakeholders, including breeders, organizations, authorities, and researchers to make informed decisions to assure genetic sustainability.

The tool will also allow monitoring trends in genetic biodiversity over time, which is essential to assure healthy pets, sustainable livestock, valuable conservation breeds, and wild species.Animal.OOO and Stockholm University have developed a prototype that will now be extended, improved and refined to allow large-scale application.

The project will collaborate closely with stakeholders such as breeders, relevant organizations, researchers, authorities (e.g., the Swedish Board of Agriculture), and animal owners to ensure the tool´s accessibility and usability for everyone.This innovative breeding tool will be user-friendly and require no expert knowledge.

It will change how we handle and make genetic information accessible, promoting sustainable development of domesticated and wild populations.

The goal is to provide a platform where users can visualize, analyze, and track genetic trends and relationships in ways that were not previously possible.