Session 4. Impact of global market on cattle breeding programs and practices

Date: 24 August '09; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Juga (FIN) / Thaller (DE)

 

Theatre Session 04

• Future animal improvement programs applied to global populations
  Vanraden, P.M.

• Practical cattle breeding in the future: commercialised or cooperative, across borderlines between countries and organisations
  Bo, N.

• Country profiles regarding the use of imported dairy bulls
  Dürr, J.W. and Jakobsen, J.H.

• Breeding for a global dairy market using genomic selection
  De Roos, A.P.W., Schrooten, C., Veerkamp, R.F. and Van Arendonk, J.A.M.

• Utilizing international gene pool, a Nordic experience
  Stålhammar, H.

• Global vs local dairy cattle breeding: beyond GxE
  Madalena, F.E.

• Challenges and opportunities for global dairy cattle breeding: a Canadian perspective
  Miglior, F. and Chesnais, J.

• Monitoring sustainability of international dairy breeds
  Philipsson, J., Forabosco, F. and Jakobsen, J.H.

• Brown Swiss x Holstein crossbreds compared to pure Holsteins for production in first two lactations
  Bloettner, S., Wensch-Dorendorf, M. and Swalve, H.H.

• Genotype x environment interaction in the Greek Holstein population
  Tsiokos, D., Chatziplis, D. and Georgoudis, A.