Free communications animal genetics

Date: 07 June ‘05; 8:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Lena Andersson-Eklund (SWE)

Theatre

• Search for finding ovulation rate responsible mutation in the Booroola fecundity (FecB) gene in Iranian Afshari sheep (Qanbari, S., M.P. Eskandari Nasab, R. Osfoori and A. Javanmard)
• Selection strategies for body weight and reduced ascites susceptibility in broilers (Pakdel, A., P. Bijma, B.J. Ducro and H. Bovenhuis)
• Detection of quantitative trait loci for meat quality and carcass composition traits in blackface sheep (Karamichou, E., G.R. Nute, R.I. Richardson, K. McLean and S.C. Bishop)
• Statistical aspects of QTL detection in small samples based on a data set from selective DNA pooling in blue fox (Szyda, J., M. Zaton-Dobrowolska, H. Wierzbicki and A. Rzasa)
• The map expansion obtained with recombinant inbred strains and intermated recombinant inbred populations for finite generation designs (Teuscher, F. and V. Guiard)
• Optimal haplotype size for combined linkage disequilibrium and co-segregation based fine mapping of quantitative trait loci (Firat, M.Z., H. Gilbert, R.L. Fernando and J.C.M. Dekkers)
• A comparison of regression interval mapping and multiple interval mapping for linked QTL (Mayer, M.)
• The BovMAS Consortium: Analysis of BTA14 for QTL influencing milk yield, milk composition and health traits in the Italian Holstein-Friesian cattle breed (Fontanesi, L., E. Scotti, D. Pecorari, M. Dolezal, P. Zambonelli, S. Dall'Olio, D. Bigi, R. Davoli, E. Lipkin, M. Soller and V. Russo)
• Bayesian analysis of selection with restrictions in beef cattle (Melucci, L.M., A.N. Birchmeier, E.P. Cappa and R.J.C. Cantet)
• Selection of commercial boars and replacement sows for variable grid pricing systems (Quinton, V.M., J.W. Wilton and J.A.B. Robinson)
• Genetic analysis of survival data from challenge testing of furunculosis in Atlantic salmon: Model comparison using field survival data (Ødegård, J., I. Olesen, B. Gjerde and G. Klemetsdal)
• Genetic analysis of racing performance in Irish Greyhounds (Täubert, H., D. Agena and H. Simianer)

Poster

• Cumulative discounted expressions of dairy and beef traits in Ireland (Berry, D.P., F.E. Madalena, A.R. Cromie and P.R. Amer)
• Effectiveness of selection for lower somatic cell count (SCC) in herds with different levels of SCC (Calus, M.P.L., L.L.G. Janss, J.J. Windig, B. Beerda and R.F. Veerkamp)
• Impact of management and recording quality on the success of community breeding programmes for smallholder dairying in the tropics (Zumbach, B. and K.J. Peters)
• Genetic evaluation of mothering ability for multiple parities in Iberian pigs (Fernández, A., J. Rodrigáñez, M.C. Rodríguez and L. Silió)
• Characterization of four Ethiopian cattle breeds for typical phenotypic features, productivity and trypanotolerance (Stein, J., W. Ayalew, B. Malmfors, E. Rege and J. Philipsson)
• Systems of breeding in Algeria: transformation and tendencies of evolution. Case of the area of Sétif (Abbas, K.)