Genetic characterization of banteng (Bos javanicus) in Lam Pao Wildlife Conservation Development and Promotion Station, Kalasin Province

Abstract

We analyzed the mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences of bantengs (Bos javanicus) domesticated in Lam Pao Wildlife Conservation Development and Promotion Station, Kalasin Province, which were donated by the Indonesian government. A total of 373 nucleotide and 117 amino acid positions of the Cyb gene were sequenced and compared among the banteng isolates as well as other species of Bovidae. The bantengs domesticated in Kalasin showed 100% identity with the Indonesian bantengs and were more closely clustered with the gaur, Bos gaurus and Bos frontalis instead of a clade of Thai and Cambodian bantengs. Thus, the Kalasin banteng represent a pure strain of B. javanicus, Indonesian banteng.