Session 24. Selection in harsh environments: methods and results and sheep and goat genetics free communications

Date: 25 August ‘09; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Dempfle (DE)

 

Theatre Session 24

• Selection in harsh environments: stakes and strategies for which results?
  Mandonnet, N. and Alexandre, G.

• Selection of beef cattle in harsh environments
  Burrow, H.M.

• Comparison of local and crossbred cattle populations for resistance to high altitude disease in Ethiopia
  Wuletaw, Z., Wurzinger, M., Holt, T. and Sölkner, J.

• Interactions between genotype and environment for cattle growth in the tropics: implications for selection
  Naves, M., Vallee, A., Farant, A., Mandonnet, N., Menendez Buxadera, A. and De La Chevrotière, C.

• Adaptative traits for sheep selection in harsh environment
  Francois, D., Boissy, A., Foulquie, D., Ligout, S., Autran, P., Allain, D., Bibé, B. and Bouix, J.

• The birthcoat type: an important component of lamb survival in the French Romane breed raised under permanent exposure outdoors
  Allain, D., Foulquie, D., François, D., Autran, P., Bibe, B. and Bouix, J.

• GxE interactions in Churra dairy sheep: heterogeneity across lactations and reaction norms
  Sánchez, J.P., De La Fuente, L.F., Carriedo, J.A. and San Primitivo, F.

• Production systems of Creole goat in Guadeloupe and farmers’ selection criteria
  Jaquot, M., Mandonnet, N., Arquet, R., Naves, M., Mahieu, M. and Alexandre, G.

• Study on performance and estimation of genetic parameters for milk and fat yields in crossbred goats
  Abbasi, M.A.

• Determination of the suitable selection index for Baluchi sheep using computer Simulation
  Nemati, I., Abbasi, M.A., Eskandari Nasab, M.P. and Jalali Zenos, M.J.

 

Poster Session 24

• Genetic parameters for growth traits in Romane sheep
  David, I., François, D., Bouvier, F., Bodin, L., Bibé, B. and Bouix, J.

• Additional casein variants in sheep breeds with potential to be included in animal breeding
  Giambra, I.J., Jäger, S. and Erhardt, G.

• Variability of beta-casein gene and relationships with milk traits in the Sarda goat
  Dettori, M.L., Pazzola, M., Piras, G., Dhaouadi, A., Carcangiu, V. and Vacca, G.M.

• SNP discovery in the ovine ABCG2 gene
  García-Fernández, M., Gutiérrez-Gil, B., García-Gámez, E. and Arranz, J.J.

• Characterization of the ovine diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), long chain fatty acid elongase (LCE) and sterol regulatory element binding protein- (SREBF) genes
  Dervishi, E., Martinez-Royo, A., Serrano, M., Joy, M. and Calvo, J.H.

• Prediction of sperm production using hormonal factors in ram by artificial neural networks and linear regression
  Hosseinnia, P., Soltani, M., Doosti, M., Moladoost, K., Karimi, D., Abbasi, H. and Taheri, A.

• Preliminary genetic (co)variances between wrinkle score and breech strike in Merino sheep, using a threshold-linear model
  Scholtz, A.J., Cloete, S.W.P., Van Wyk, J.B., Misztal, I. and Van Der Linde, T.D.E.K.

• Freemartin detection and BMP genotype determination in replacement ewes of Rasa aragonesa sheep breed by PCR-duplex
  Martínez-Royo, A., Dervishi, E., Alabart, J.L., Folch, J., Jurado, J.J. and Calvo, J.H.

• Genetic variability and phylogenetic relationships among ovine Algerian breeds using microsatellites
  Gaouar, S., Tabet Aoul, N., Ouragh, L., Khait Dit Naib, O., Boushaba, N., Brahami, N., Hamouda, L., Rognon, X., Tixier-Boichard, M. and Saïdi-Mehtar, N.

• Additive mutational variance for litter size in the Ripollesa sheep breed
  Casellas, J., Caja, G. and Piedrafita, J.

• Study of genetic relationship in ten autochthonous Hungarian sheep flocks based on microsatellites
  Kusza, S., Nagy, I., Bősze, Z., Oláh, J., Németh, T., Jávor, A. and Kukovics, S.

• Molecular-based estimates of effective population size in the rare Xalda sheep
  Goyache, F., Alvarez, I., Fernandez, I., Royo, L.J., Perez-Pardal, L. and Gutierrez, J.P.

• Pedigree analysis of Iranian Baluchi sheep breed
  Sheikhloo, M., Tahmoorespur, M., Shodja, D., Pirany, N. and Rafat, A.

• D-loop region of mtDNA sequence diversity in Iranian Domestic sheep and goats
  Sadeghi, B., Shafagh Motlagh, A., Nassiry, M., Ghovvati, S. and Soltani, M.

• Polymorphism of five lipid metabolism genes and their association with milk traits in Murciano-Granadina goats
  Zidi, A., Fernández-Cabanás, V., Amills, M., Polvillo, O., Jordana, J., González, P., Carrizosa, J., Gallardo, D., Urrutia, B. and Serradilla, J.M.

• Paternal haplogroups in European and African domestic goats
  Royo, L.J., Perez-Pardal, L., Traore, A., Wisniewska, E., Azor, P.J., Alvarez, I., Fernandez, I., Plante, Y., Kotze, A., Ponce De Leon, F.A. and Goyache, F.

• Effects of CSN1S1 and CNS3 genotypes on technological properties and rheological parameters of milk in Murciano-Granadina goat
  Caravaca, F., Ares, J.L., Carrizosa, J., Urrutia, B., Baena, F., Jordana, J., Amills, M., Badaoui, B., Sánchez, A., Angiolillo, A. and Serradilla, J.M.

• Genetic parameters for milk yield, composition and rheological traits in Murciano-Granadina goats
  Benradi, Z., Ares, J.L., Jordana, J., Urrutia, B., Carrizosa, J., Baena, F. and Serradilla, J.M.

• Genetic parameter for wool weight of lambs in Iranian Baluchi sheep
  Hosseinpour Mashhadi, M., Aminafshar, M., Jenati, H. and Tabasi, N.

• Polymorphism of calpastatin gene in makoei sheep using PCR- RFLP
  Moradi Shahrbabak, H., Moradi Shahrbabak, M., Mehrabani Yeganeh, H., Rahimi, G.H. and Khaltabadi Farahani, A.H.