Session 02. New phenotypes for new breeding goals

Date: 23 August 2010; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: De Vries (NL)

Theatre Session 02

• New phenotypes for new breeding goals in cattle
  Boichard, D.
• New phenotypes for new breeding goals in pigs
  Knol, E.F., Duijvesteijn, N., Leenhouwers, J.I. and Merks, J.W.M.
• Selecting layers on individually recorded behaviour and performance data in group housing systems
  Icken, W. and Preisinger, R.
• Genetic correlation between longevity and production traits in the Pirenaica beef cattle breed using bivariate models
  Varona, L., Moreno, C., Van Melis, M.H. and Altarriba, J.
• Born to be a loser cow?
  Pedersen, L.D., Jørgensen, H.B.H., Sørensen, M.K., Thomsen, P.T. and Norberg, E.
• Precise phenotyping of 2,000 first lactation Holstein cows for claw disorders in a designed experiment
  Weidling, S., Schöpke, K., Alkhoder, H., Pijl, R. and Swalve, H.H.
• PhenoFinLait: French national program for high scale phenotyping and genotyping related to fine composition of ruminant milk
  Faucon, F., Barillet, F., Boichard, D., Brunschwig, P., Duhem, K., Ferrand, M., Fritz, S., Gastinel, P.L., Journaux, L., Lagriffoul, G., Larroque, H., Lecomte, C., Leray, O., Leverrier, S., Martin, P., Mattalia, S., Palhière, I., Peyraud, J.L. and Brochard, M.
• Towards novel selection strategies to improve production and fertility by integrating expression profiles and high throughput genotyping in cattle
  Pimentel, E.C.G., Tietze, M., Simianer, H., Reinhardt, F., Bauersachs, S., Wolf, E. and König, S.
• Genetic parameters for litter traits including farrowing duration and piglet survival up to weaning in the French Large White and Landrace sows
  Merour, I., Bernard, E., Bidanel, J.P. and Canario, L.
• Identification of pigs with increased overall disease resistance using haematological and immunological tests
  Maignel, L., Wyss, S., Fortin, F., Hurnik, D. and Sullivan, B.