The government has identified and registered nine new indigenous breeds of livestock and poultry this year, taking the list of `desi' breeds in the country to 160, including 40 of cows and 13 of buffaloes. The newly registered breeds were found to be more diseaseresistant than other known indigenous breeds. “Registration of various unique populations as breeds shall help in inventorisation, improvement, conservation and sustainable utilisation of animal genetic resources of the country ,“ T Mohapatra, director general of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), said on Tuesday after giving away certificates to applicants who registered the nine newly found indigenous breeds. These nine indigenous breeds of livestock and poultry include one breed of cow, two breeds each of goat and sheep, three breeds of pig and one breed of chicken. These breeds have been registered by Karnal-based National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resource.