2011 Winter Schedule

The following presentations were given during the Winter Semester of 2011

April 15

• Everestus Akanno, CGIL
  Alternative selection method for tropical pig genetic improvement in developing countries

April 8

• Dr. Ricardo Ventura, CGIL
  Assessing admixture among 3 dairy cattle breeds using 50K SNP chip

April 1

• Dr. Janusz Jamrozik, CGIL
  (Russian Mathematician)²+(Dairy Cows With Mastitis) = April Fools'(?)

March 25

• Dr. Mohsen Jafarikia, Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement
  CCSI's Swine Genomics Project (Project Information, Methodology & Preliminary Results)

March 18

• Dr. Jette Jakobsen, Interbull, Sweden
  Interbull - Service & Developments

March 11

• Dr. Ben Wood, Hybrid Turkeys
  Innate immunity in the turkey studied through heterophil function and an introduction to new methods for measuring feed efficiency in a turkey breeding program

March 4, 2011

• Dr. Jim Chambers, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  Challenges of feed efficiency measurement in broiler chickens and some genetic aspects

February 25, 2011

• Dr. Wojciech Jagusiak, Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland
  Dairy cattle breeding in Poland

February 18, 2011

• Dr. Astrid Koeck, CGIL
  Genetic studies of health traits in Austrian dairy cattle

February 11, 2011

• Kathleen Thompson, Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College
  Genetic parameters of antibody and cell-mediated immune responses of Holsteins from herds across Canada

February 4, 2011

• Paige Glover, Beef Improvement Opportunities
  Update on Norwegian Red x Holstein first generation crossbred heifers

January 28, 2011

• Dr. Graham Plastow, Director, Alberta Bovine Genomics Program
  Genomics of swine health: an example of a Canada-wide livestock Gentec initiative

January 21, 2011

• Dr. Larry Corah, Certified Angus Beef
  Genetic composition, genetic focus of Canadian cattle industry

January 14, 2011

• Duc Lu, CGIL
  Genome wide association study for carcass quality in beef cattle

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