Session 14. Breeding for resource and environmental efficiency

Date: 29 August 2011; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Løvendahl

Theatre Session 14

• High animal production efficiency for less environmental footprints: opportunities and challenges
  Zebeli, Q. and Klevenhusen, F.
• Chasing multiple breeding goals – can genetics deliver multiple public-private good outcomes?
  Wall, E. and Moran, D.
• Methane, animal breeding and beef and sheep farmers’ readiness for uptake
  Bruce, A.
• Mitigation options of greenhouse gas emissions for Finnish beef production
  Bouquet, P., Hietala, P. and Juga, J.
• Breeding for resource efficiency in grazing animals on resource-poor rangelands
  Rauw, W.M.
• Novel estimation of residual energy intake and their quantitative trait loci in growing-finishing pigs
  Shirali, M., Doeschl-Wilson, A., Knap, P.W., Duthie, C., Kanis, E., Van Arendonk, J.A.M. and Roehe, R.
• Genetic parameters for residual energy intake and its relationships with production and other energy efficiency traits in Nordic Red dairy cattle
  Liinamo, A.-E., Mäntysaari, P. and Mäntysaari, E.A.
• Application of random regression models for Gaussian and binary traits to estimate genetic parameters in low input dairy cattle herds
  Yin, T., Bapst, B., König-Vb., U., Simianer, H. and König, S.
• Application of lactation efficiency in pig breeding programs
  Bergsma, R. and Knol, E.F.
• Genetic selection for lower predicted methane emissions in dairy cattle
  De Haas, Y., Windig, J.J., Calus, M.P.L., Bannink, A., De Haan, M., Dijkstra, J. and Veerkamp, R.F.
• Animal variation in methane emission from breath of Danish Red, Holstein and Danish Jersey
  Lassen, J., Løvendahl, P. and Madsen, J.

Poster Session 14

• Monitoring and status of Lithuanian farm animal breeds
  Sveistiene, R., Razmaite, V. and Muzikevicius, A.
• Genetic correlations between traits scored with detailed and simplified exterior systems in Norsvin Landrace
  Aasmundstad, T., Grindflek, E. and Vangen, O.
• Breeding values for production efficiency in the Swiss dairy breeding programs
  Cutullic, E., Bigler, A., Schnyder, U. and Flury, C.
• Genetic and economic evaluation of different Sahiwal cattle breeding programmes in Kenya
  Ilatsia, E.D., Roessler, R., Kahi, A.K. and Valle Zárate, A.