Improving Difficult Traits in Beef Cattle
Monday, August 18, 2014: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Bayshore Grand Ballroom B-C (The Westin Bayshore)
Moderator:
Stephen P. Miller
1:30 PM
Selection Enhanced Estimates of µ-Calpain, Calpastatin, and Dacylglycerol O-Acyltransferase 1 Genetic Effects on Pre-weaning Performance, Carcass Quality Traits, and Residual Variance of Tenderness in Composite MARC III Beef Cattle
Richard G. Tait, Jr., USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Steven D. Shackelford, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Tommy L. Wheeler, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
D. Andy King, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
John W. Keele, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Eduardo Casas, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Timothy P. L. Smith, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Gary L. Bennett, USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
2:30 PM
Angus Cattle at High Altitude: Genetic Relationships and Initial Genome-Wide Association Analyses of Pulmonary Arterial Pressure
Rebecca R Cockrum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;
Xi Zeng, Colorado State University, Department of Animal Sciences;
Natalie F. Berge, Colorado State University, Department of Animal Sciences;
Joe M. Neary, Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences;
Franklyn B. Garry, Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences;
Tim N Holt, Colorado State University;
Harvey D. Blackburn, USDA-ARS-National Animal Germplasm Program;
Sean P Thomas, Colorado State University;
Scott E. Speidel, Colorado State University, Department of Animal Sciences;
Dorian J. Garrick, Iowa State University;
Richard Mark Enns, Colorado State University, Department of Animal Sciences;
Milton G. Thomas, Colorado State University, Department of Animal Sciences
