Posters: Breeding objectives, economics of Selection Schemes, and Advances in Selection Theory (Group 1)
Wednesday, August 20, 2014: 9:30 AM-10:00 AM
Posters (The Westin Bayshore)
Moderator:
Jack C. M. Dekkers
An initial study of the economic values of dairy cattle traits in Canadian Holsteins estimated using random regression models
Roger I Cue, McGill University, Department of Animal Science;
Kevin Wade, McGill University;
Asheber Sewalem, Agriculture and Agrifoods Canada;
Hector A Delgado, McGill University;
Daniel M Lefebvre, Valacta;
René Lacroix, Valacta;
Emile Bouchard, University of Montreal;
Denis Haine, University of Montreal;
Jocelyn Dubuc, University of Montreal
Genetic parameters for milk production traits and breeding goals for Gir dairy cattle in Brazil
Marco Aurélio Prata, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto- Departamento de Genética-FMRP-USP;
Heverton Luis Moreira, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto- Departamento de Genética-FMRP-USP;
Rui da Silva Verneque, Embrapa Dairy Cattle;
Aníbal Eugênio Vercesi Filho, Instituto de Zootecnia;
Maria Gabriela Campolina Diniz Peixoto, Embrapa Dairy Cattle;
Lenira El Faro, SAA/APTA/Instituto de Zootecnia-Centro de Bovinos de Corte;
Vera Lúcia Cardoso, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto- Departamento de Genética-FMRP-USP
Consumers' Preference for “Bicycle Poultry” in Bénin: implication for designing breeding schemes
Epiphane Sodjinou, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin;
Arne Henningsen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen;
Delphin O. Koudande, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin;
Gauthier Biaou, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi;
Guy Apollinaire Mensah, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin
Optimization of a meat index for Austrian land sheep
Lina Grill, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU);
Alfons Willam, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU);
Roswitha Baumung, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU);
Birgit Fuerst-Waltl, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)
