Cattle/Sheep 1

Organizer:
Holly Neibergs(Washington State University)
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 3
Chair:
Holly Neibergs
1:30 PM
Sheep Genomics in New Zealand: Research Progress and Industry Applications
John McEwan, AgResearch Ltd. Invermay Agricultural Centre

1:50 PM
1000 Bull Genomes Consortium Project
Benjamin Hayes, Department of Primary Industries (Victoria); Ruedi Fries, Lehrstuhl fuer Tierzucht, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 85354 Freising, Germany; Mogens Sando Lund, Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Tjele, Denmark; Didier A. Boichard, INRA; Paul Stothard, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; Roel F. Veerkamp, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen UR Livestock Research; Curt Van Tassell, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD, USA; Charlotte Anderson, Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia ; Ina Hulsegge, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen UR Livestock Research, PO Box 65, NL-8200 AB Lelystad, the Netherlands; Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Aarhus University; Dominique Rocha, INRA UMR1313 Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology; Dirk Hinirichs, Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts-University, D-24098 Kiel, Germany; Alessandro Bagnato, Università degli Studi di Milano; Michel Georges, University of Liege/Unit of Animal Genomics; Richard Spelman, Livestock Improvement Corporation, Private Bag 3016, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand; James Reecy, Iowa State University; Alan L. Archibald, Roslin Institute,University of Edinburgh Roslin; Mike Goddard, Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia ; Birgit Gredler, Qualitas AG, Switzerland

2:10 PM
Current Status of Genomic Selection in US Beef Cattle
Jeremy Taylor, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri; Robert Schnabel, University of Missouri - Columbia; Mahdi Saatchi, Iowa State University; Dorian J. Garrick, Iowa State University; US Feed Efficiency Consortium, http://www.beefefficiency.org/; US Bovine Respiratory Disease CAP Consortium, http://www.brdcomplex.org/

2:30 PM
Break


2:45 PM
Delayed Scrapie Incubation Time in Goats Heterozygous for PRNP S146 or K222
Stephen N. White, USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research; James O. Reynolds, USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research; Daniel F. Waldron, Texas Agrilife Research; David A. Schneider, Washington State University; Katherine I. O'Rourke, Washington State University

3:05 PM
The Genetic Basis of Host Susceptibility to Bovine Respiratory Disease
Alison Van Eenennaam, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis; US Bovine Respiratory Disease CAP Consortium, http://www.brdcomplex.org/

3:25 PM
3:45 PM
Intermission


4:00 PM
Station Reports


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