Session 13. Practical strategies and tools for the genetic management of farm animal populations

Date: 24 August '09; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Toro (ES)

 

Theatre Session 13

• Management strategies for inbreeding control in unselected and selected populations
  Fernandez, J. and Consortium, E.U.R.E.C.A.

• Development of a genetic indicator of biodiversity for farm animals
  Villanueva, B., Sawalha, R.M., Roughsedge, T., Rius-Vilarrasa, E. and Woolliams, J.A.

• Software tools for management of genetic variation
  Maki-Tanila, A., Fernandez, J., Meuwissen, T., Toro, M.A. and Hiemstra, S.J.

• Demonstration of the opportunities offered by a software for inbreeding control
  Meuwissen, T.H.E.

• Genetic conservation of small populations from theory to practice in the Netherlands
  Windig, J.J.

• Management of genetic variability in French small ruminants with and without pedigree information: review and practical lessons
  Danchin-Burge, C., Palhiere, I. and Raoul, J.

• Design of community-based sheep breeding programs for smallholders in Ethiopia
  Duguma, G., Mirkena, T., Sölkner, J., Haile, A., Tibbo, M., Iñiguez, L. and Wurzinger, M.

• Genetic structure of the French Blonde d’Aquitaine, Charolais and Limousin beef cattle populations
  Bouquet, A., Fouilloux, M.N., Renand, G. and Phocas, F.

• Mating animals by minimising the covariance between ancestral contributions generates more genetic gain without increasing rate of inbreeding in breeding schemes with optimum-contribution selection
  Henryon, M., Sørensen, A.C. and Berg, P.

 

Poster Session 13

• Addressing longissimus dorsi ultrasonic scans in large animals by image collaging
  Baro, J.A., Ramos, R.M. and Carleos, C.E.

• Evaluating breeding strategies in the Sorraia Horse endangered breed by pedigree data analysis
  Oom, M.M., Kjöllerström, H.J. and Pinheiro, M.

• A primer extension assay to use for cattle genotype assisted selection: laboratory preliminary results
  Sevane, N., Crespo, I., Cañón, J. and Dunner, S.

• National genebank information repositories in FABISnet
  Duchev, Z.I., Gandini, G. and Groeneveld, E.

• Breeding for high welfare in outdoor pig production: a simulation study
  Gourdine, J.L., De Greef, K. and Rydhmer, L.

• Management of local genetic resources: the case of the Creole breeds of Guadeloupe
  Naves, M., Quenais, F., Farant, A., Arquet, R., Gourdine, J.L. and Mandonnet, N.

• Relatedness among cryo-bank bulls of the Yakutian Cattle breed as estimated with microsatellite data
  Tapio, I., Tapio, M., Li, M.-H., Popov, R. and Kantanen, J.

• Optimising smallholder pig breeding organisation in villages in Northwest Vietnam
  Roessler, R., Herold, P., Momm, H. and Valle Zárate, A.

• An in-depth pedigree analysis of Canadian Holstein Cattle
  Stachowicz, K., Sargolzaei, M., Miglior, F. and Schenkel, F.S.

• Estimation of genetic parameters using fixed regression model in Holstein cattle of Iran
  Razmkabir, M., Moradi-Shahrbabak, M., Pakdel, A. and Nejati-Javaremi, A.

• Practical aspects of utilising gene bank stocks in commercial dairy cattle population
  Juga, J. and Mäki-Tanila, A.

• The influence of genetic selection and feed system on dry matter intake of spring-calving dairy cows
  Coleman, J., Pierce, K.M., Berry, D.P., Brennan, A. and Horan, B.

• Real time report for managing breeding populations
  Groeneveld, E., V.d.westhuizen, B., Maiwashe, A. and Voordewind, F.

• Breeding goals for sustainable animal breeding: views and expectations of stakeholders from the production chains and the general public
  Dockes, A.C., Magdelaine, P., Daridan, D., Tocqueville, A., Remondet, M., Selmi, A. and Phocas, F.

• Test of methods for measuring efficiency of selection in dairy cattle breeding schemes, with examples from Danish Holstein Friesian
  Berg, P. and Sørensen, M.K.

• Strategic management of pig genetics
  Kremer, V.D., Newman, S., Kinghorn, B.P., Knap, P.W. and Wilson, E.R.