Session 12. Free Communications in Animal Genetics

Date: 23 August 2010; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Wittenburg (DE)

Theatre Session 12

• The genetics of growth to maturity in commercial sheep
  Pollott, G.E. and Galea, G.
• A study of recursive relationships between performance and visual score traits in swine
  Ibanez-Escriche, N., López De Maturana, E., Reixach, J., Lleonart, N. and Noguera, J.L.
• A reduced model variance component approach for mapping multiple QTL in F2 populations
  Zimmer, D., Mayer, M. and Reinsch, N.
• Zero inflated poisson, threshold and linear models for genetic analysis of mastitis in Norwegian Red cattle
  Vazquez, A.I., Heringstad, B., Perez-Cabal, M.A., Rodrigues-Motta, M., Weigel, K.A., Gianola, D., Rosa, G.J.M. and Chang, Y.M.
• A simulation study of bias in variance component estimation due to ignoring environmental correlation between “test-status” and a continuous trait in culled data
  Arnason, T., Albertsdottir, E., Eriksson, S., Fikse, W.F. and Sigurdsson, A.
• Inclusion of externally computed genotype frequencies in the gene-flow method
  Ytournel, F. and Simianer, H.
• Kinship breeding in theory and practise
  Nauta, W.J., Baars, T. and Cazemier, C.H.
• Maternal lineage effects on dressage and show jumping performance of Hanoverian sport horses
  König, S., Schmidt, L., Brügemann, K., Von Borstel, U.U., Schade, W. and Christmann, L.
• Analysis of (co)variance components in economic traits of Baluchi sheep with REML method
  Hosseinpour Mashhadi, M., Aminafshar, M., Tabasi, N., Bahari Kashani, R. and Sobhanirad, S.
• Estimation of direct and maternal genetic variances for calving ease in Croatian Holstein breed
  Špehar, M., Gorjanc, G., Ivkić, Z. and Bulić, V.
• Estimation of genetic parameters for hip dysplasia in Czech Labrador retrievers
  Vostry, L., Capkova, Z., Sebkova, N., Mach, K. and Majzlik, I.
• Pedigree analysis and estimation of inbreeding effects on calving traits in an organised performance test for functional traits
  Hinrichs, D., Almeroth, J. and Thaller, G.
• Genetic relationships between clinical mastitis and different somatic cell count traits in Austrian Fleckvieh cows
  Koeck, A., Heringstad, B., Egger-Danner, C., Fuerst, C. and Fuerst-Waltl, B.

Poster Session 12

• Microsatellite analysis of local and commercial chicken populations from Center Black Sea Region of Turkey
  Mercan, L. and Okumus, A.
• The genetic resistance to gastrointestinal parasites in Bergamasca sheep breed: heritability and repeatability of faecal egg counts (FEC)
  Cecchi, F., Venditti, G., Ciampolini, R., D’avino, N., Ciani, E., Sebastiani, C., Macchioni, F., Filippini, F., Calzoni, P. and Biagetti, M.
• Inducible Hsp-70.1 gene polymorphisms affect heat shock response of bovine mononuclear cells
  Basiricò, L., Morera, P., Primi, V., Lacetera, N., Nardone, A. and Bernabucci, U.
• Use of some slaughter and quality traits to discriminate rabbit meat from different genotypes reared under organic and conventional systems
  Paci, G., Preziuso, G., Bagliacca, M. and Cecchi, F.
• Long term economic consideration of progeny testing program in Iranian Holsteins
  Joezy Shekalgorabi, S., Shadparvar, A.A., Vaez Torshizi, R., Moradi Shahre Babak, M. and Jorjani, H.
• Determination of growth hormone receptor gene polymorphisms in East Anatolian Red cattle, South Anatolian Red cattle and Turkish Grey cattle
  Akis, I., Oztabak, K.O. and Mengi, A.
• Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the porcine PCSK1 gene are associated with fat deposition and carcass traits in Italian Large White and Italian Duroc pigs
  Russo, V., Scotti, E., Bertolini, F., Buttazzoni, L., Dall’olio, S., Davoli, R. and Fontanesi, L.
• Bovine beta-casein allele A1: the source of beta-casomorphin 7 peptide, prevalence in Holstein bulls and its association with breeding value
  Cieslinska, A., Olenski, K., Kostyra, E., Szyda, J. and Kaminski, S.
• Relative quantification of p53 and VEGF-C gene expression in canine mammary tumors
  Doosti, M., Nassiri, M.R., Movaseghi, A., Tahmoorepur, M., Ghovvati, S., Kazemi, H. and Solatani, M.
• Associations between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in GDF9 and BMP15 fecundity genes and litter size in two dairy sheep breeds of Greece
  Kapeoldassi, K., Kominakis, A., Chadio, S., Andreadou, M. and Ikonomopoulos, I.
• Association of STAT5A and FGF2 gene mutations with conception rate in dairy cattle
  Michailidou, S., Oikonomou, G., Michailidis, G., Avdi, M. and Banos, G.
• Expression level of growth factor receptors GHR and IGF1R in liver and muscle during postnatal growth in pigs
  Pierzchała, M., Urbański, P., Lisowski, P., Wyszyńska-Koko, J., Goluch, D. and Kamyczek, M.