Session 33 - PG6

• Genetic analysis of growth curve parameters for beef cattle using Markov Chain Monte Carlo estimation methods 8 (venot@dga.jouy.inra.fr)

• Additive genetic and phenotypic aspects of feed intake and feed eciency using random regression (BNi@danishmeat.dk)

• Genetic parameters for number of piglets born alive using a random regression model (zoran.lukovic@bfro.uni-lj.si)

• The use of allometric and nonlinear functions for longitudinal data analysis of physical and chemical body composition in pigs (R.Roehe@ed.sac.ac.uk)

• Estimation of Gompertz growth curve parameters by a nonlinear mixed effects model (kaarina.vuori@mtt.fi)

• Comparing body weight measured as single time point versus modelled as a longitudinal trait for QTL detection in pigs (bart.buitenhuis@agrsci.dk)

• The relationship between heritability and genotype-by-environment interaction using reaction norm analyses in Merino sheep traits (g.pollott@imperial.ac.uk)

• Use of linear splines to simplify longitudinal analyses (ignacy@uga.edu)

• Curve of weight gains in bulls (pribyl.josef@vuzv.cz)

• Estimates of genetic covariance functions for growth from birth to 550 days of age in Tabapuã cattle (lgalb@fcav.unesp.br)