Posters: Sheep and Goats Breeding (Group 3)
Tuesday, August 19, 2014: 3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Posters (The Westin Bayshore)
Moderators:
Julius van der Werf
and
John C McEwan
Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of African Goat Populations to Prioritize Conservation and Production Efforts for Small-holder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Heather J Huson, Cornell University;
Tad S. Sonstegard, USDA, ARS, BFGL;
Jeffrey Silverstein, USDA-ARS;
Jennifer Woodward-Greene, USDA-ARS;
Clet Masiga, ASARECA;
Farai C Muchadeyi, Agricultural Research Council-Biotechnology Platform;
Jasper Rees, Agricultural Research Council-Biotechnology Platform;
Brian Sayre, Virginia State University;
Ahmed R. Elbeltagy, Animal Production Research Institute;
Max F. Rothschild, Iowa State University;
Denis F Mujibi, International Livestock Research Institute;
Okeyo Mwai, International Livestock Research Institute;
Steve Kemp, International Livestock Research Institute;
Licia Colli, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore;
Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore;
Paola Crepaldi, Università di Milano;
Johann Soelkner, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences;
Curt P VanTassell, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory ARS-USDA;
Solomon Abegaz, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Lambing Ease is Heritable but not Correlated to Litter Size in Danish Meat Sheep Breeds
Anders Christian Sørensen, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University;
Premysl Valasek, Czech University of Agriculture;
Jørn Pedersen, Knowledge Centre for Agriculture;
Elise Norberg, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
Targeted Association Mapping in Merinoland Crossbred Lambs
Katja Schiller, Institute for Animal Husbandry and Breeding, University Hohenheim;
Patrick Stratz, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Breeding, University Hohenheim;
Siegfried Preuss, Institute for Animal Husbandry and Breeding, University of Hohenheim;
Jörn Bennewitz, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Breeding, University Hohenheim
Screening for Footrot Resistant Gene Markers and White Blood Cell Types in Katahdin and Katahdin Crossbred Sheep
Tumen Wuliji, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Lincoln University;
William R. Lamberson, University of Missouri;
Samaneh Azarpajouh, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Lincoln University;
Jonathan GH Hickford, Lincoln University;
Bruce C. Shanks, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Lincoln University;
J. D. Caldwell, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Lincoln University
The relationship of OPP infection to TMEM154 genotype in a Midwestern sheep flock
Thomas W. Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Animal Sciences;
David L. Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Animal Sciences;
Todd A Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Animal Sciences;
Michael J Maroney, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Research Animal Resources Center;
Kay M Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Research Animal Resources Center
Transcriptome comparison between the pubertal and adult testis in goat
Zhihong Liu, Inner Mongolia Agriculture University;
Jinquan Li, inner Mongolia Agriculture University;
Hongmei Xiao, Inner Mongolia Agriculture University;
Wansheng Liu, The Pennsylvania State University;
Xiangpeng Yue, The Pennsylvania State University;
Yun Ma, The Pennsylvania State University
