Session 19. Horse genetics with special emphasis on defects and longevity

Date: 25 August ‘09; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Janssens (BE)

 

Theatre Session 19

• Genomic tools for horse health
  Brooks, S.A.

• Inherited disorders and their management in some European warmblood sport horse breeds
  Nikolić, D., Jönsson, L., Lindberg, L., Ducro, B. and Philipsson, J.

• Heritability of insect bite hypersensitivity in Dutch Friesian breeding mares
  Schurink, A., Ducro, B.J. and Van Arendonk, J.A.M.

• Animal hospital data for studies of prevalence and heritability of osteochondrosis (OC) and palmar/plantar osseous fragments (POF) of Swedish Warmblood horses (SWB)
  Jönsson, L., Dalin, G., Egenvall, A., Näsholm, A., Roepstorff, L. and Philipsson, J.

• Simulating experimental designs to compare and select methods based on linkage disequilibrium and linkage analysis for studying osteochondrosis in horses
  Teyssèdre, S., Ytournel, F., Dupuis, M.C., Denoix, J.M., Guérin, G., Ricard, A. and Elsen, J.M.

• Use of competition results for genetic evaluation of longevity in Swedish warmblood horses
  Braam, Å., Näsholm, A., Roepstorff, L. and Philipsson, J.

• Ranking in competition : an efficient tool to measure aptitude ?
  Ricard, A. and Legarra, A.

• A Thurstonian model for the analysis of ranks in the genetic evaluation of horses
  Gómez, M.D., Varona, L., Molina, A. and Valera, M.

• An all-or-none trait to account for pre-selection in Icelandic horse breeding
  Albertsdóttir, E., Eriksson, S., Sigurðsson, Á. and Árnason, T.

• Splitting breeding goals and breeding programs: the example of Oldenburg
  Schöpke, K. and Swalve, H.H.

• Heritabilities of kinematic traits measured with a D computerised motion analysis system in Lusitano horses at hand led trot
  Santos, R., Molina, A., Galisteo, A.M. and Valera, M.

• Effects of racing on reproductive performance in Standardbred trotters and Finnhorses
  Sairanen, J., Katila, T. and Ojala, M.

• Molecular characterization of Italian Heavy Draught Horse (IHDH) breed using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite markers
  Maretto, F. and Mantovani, R.

• Opportunities and limits for the use of Equine SN50 Bead chips
  Langlois, B.

 

Poster Session 19

• Breeding values for longevity in jumping horse competition in France
  Ricard, A. and Blouin, C.

• Repeatability of free jumping parameters on young stallions performance tests of different duration
  Lewczuk, D.

• Estimating genetic parameters for dressage performance in Belgian sport horses based on results from multiple competition levels
  Peeters, K., Ducro, B.J. and Janssens, S.

• Genetic parameters of some linear conformation measurements assessed with a three-dimensional motion analysis system in Lusitano horses
  Valera, M., Santos, R., Galisteo, A.M. and Molina, A.

• Genetic analysis of morphological traits in two French draft horses : Ardennais and Cob Normand and in Haflinger breed
  Danvy, S. and Ricard, A.

• Early selection of Spanish Trotter Horses: genetic correlations between race performance in young and adult horses
  Gomez, M.D., Menendez-Buxadera, A., Valera, M. and Molina, A.

• Development of a scheme for the estimation of breeding values based on foal inspections, mare inspections, and performance tests of mares
  Schöpke, K., Wensch-Dorendorf, M. and Swalve, H.H.

• Pedigree analysis of the Lusitano horse breed
  Vicente, A., Carolino, N. and Gama, L.

• Inbreeding trend in a closed nucleus of Lipizzan horses
  Catillo, G., Carretta, A. and Moioli, B.

• Analysis of the degree of inbreeding in Holstein stallions
  Pikuła, R.J. and Werkowska, W.

• Influence of the foreign Trotter populations in the Spanish Trotter Horse assessed via pedigree analysis
  Gómez, M.D., Cervantes, I., Molina, A., Medina, C. and Valera, M.

• Genetic parameters and inbreeding effects on semen quality of Friesian horses
  Ducro, B.J., Boer, M. and Stout, T.A.E.

• Effect of strenous exercise on gene-expression in endurance horse PBMCs
  Capomaccio, S., Cappelli, K., Barrey, E., Felicetti, M., Silvestrelli, M. and Verini-Supplizi, A.

• Effect of adjustment of coancestries by pedigree depth on contributions to diversity assessed using genealogical information: a preliminary application to pure and derived Spanish horse breeds
  Cervantes, I., Valera, M., Goyache, F., Molina, A. and Gutiérrez, J.P.

• Genetic variability of Mezőhegyes horse breeds using genealogical and molecular information
  Mihók, S., Posta, J., Komlósi, I. and Bodó, I.

• Genetic variability of Hutzul horse breed families
  Mihók, S., Posta, J., Kusza, S.Z. and Priskin, K.

• Measure of association between assessed traits and final rank for a sport horses performance evaluation system within the UK
  Whitaker, T.C., Clausen, A. and Mills, A.A.

• Variation of linear described type traits in Czech-Moravian Belgian horse and Silesian Noriker
  Majzlik, I., Vostrý, L., Čapková, Z. and Hofmanová, B.

• Occurrence and origin of flea-bitten pattern in grey Purebred Arabian Horses
  Stachurska, A., Pieta, M., Brodacki, A. and Tomczyk, P.