Applications and Methods in Animal Breeding - Livestock II

Wednesday, July 23, 2014: 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
2505B (Kansas City Convention Center)
Moderator:
Richard Tait
2:00 PM
170
Genetic gain and economic weights in selection for boar fertility traits in a cross-breeding system
Dianelys Gonzalez-Peña Fundora, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert V. Knox, University of Illinois; James Pettigrew, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael D. MacNeil, Delta G; Sandra L. Rodriguez Zas, University of Illinois
2:15 PM
171
A genome-wide association study for egg shell strength in the genome of brown-egg layers
Robel AR Ghebrewold, Wageningen University; Marzieh Heidaritabar, Wageningen University; Addie Vereijken, Hendrix Genetics; Bart J. Ducro, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University; John W.M. Bastiaansen, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University
2:30 PM
172
The identification of a putative mutation for SLICK hair coat in Senepol cattle
Tad S. Sonstegard, USDA, ARS, BFGL; Derek Bickhart, USDA-ARS-AIPL; Heather J Huson, Cornell University; Antonio Landaeta, Universidad del Zulia; Laercio R Porto-Neto, CSIRO Food Futures Flagship; Anthony Reverter-Gomez, Food Futures Flagship, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences; William Barendse, CSIRO Animal, Health and Food Science; Daniel J Null, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Melvin P. Morales, University of Puerto Rico; Peter J Hansen, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida; D Serdal, University of Florida; José F Garcia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Univ Estadual Paulista; Robert W. Godfrey, University of the Virgin Islands; Curtis P. Van Tassell, USDA, ARS, BFGL
2:45 PM
173
Genomic Selection of Nili-Ravi Buffalo
Muhammad Moaeen-ud-Din, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University; Ghulam Bilal, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University; Muhammad Sajjad Khan, University of Agriculture
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