Improving Nutrient Utilization and Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dairy Operations through Genetic or Genomic Selection

Friday, August 22, 2014: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Bayshore Grand Ballroom E-F (The Westin Bayshore)
Moderator:
Kent A. Weigel
1:30 PM
305
Genetic Parameters for Methane Emissions of Dairy Cows Predicted Based on Milk Fatty Acids
Marleen H.P.W. Visker, TI Food and Nutrition; Sabine van Engelen, TI Food and Nutrition; Jan Dijkstra, Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University; Johan A.M. van Arendonk, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University; Henk Bovenhuis, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University
1:45 PM
306
Genome wide association studies for milk fatty acids as a basis for methane prediction
Sabine van Engelen, TI Food and Nutrition; Henk Bovenhuis, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University; Jan Dijkstra, Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University; Johan A.M. van Arendonk, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University; Marleen H.P.W. Visker, TI Food and Nutrition
2:00 PM
307
Strategies for use of reproductive technologies in genomic dairy cattle breeding programs
Jorn Rind Thomasen, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University; Anders Christian Sørensen, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
2:15 PM
308
Inbreeding and Crossbreeding Parameters for Production and Fertility Traits in Holstein, Montbéliarde and Normande Cows
Charlotte Dezetter, Coopex Montbeliarde
2:30 PM
309
Genomic predictions of fertility related disorders in Norwegian Red using 30 years of data
Katrine Haugaard, Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Bjørg Heringstad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Morten Svendsen, Geno
2:45 PM
310
Milk flow traits of Friesian, Jersey and Friesian-Jersey crossbred cows under grazing conditions in New Zealand
Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Massey University; John P Edwards, DairyNZ; Jenny G Jago, DairyNZ
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