The wellbeing of domestic animals is essential to sustainable farming systems, keeping pets for companionship, and the One Health approach linking the health of people, animals and the environment. However, domestic animals face several challenges across different contexts, including climate changes, emerging diseases, welfare concerns, and wider societal expectations to reduce the use of animals in research.

Understanding how genetic information (the genome) gives rise to observable traits (the phenome) is essential for predicting how domestic animals will meet the challenges of the future.

The Domestic Animals Genome and Phenome Community connects researchers and data scientists across species and countries to accelerate genome and phenome research in domestic animals. The Community works to develop a coordinated, open and standardised data life cycle.

Key latest Milestone: Community white paper published: January 2026