No. 37 (2007): Proceedings of the 2007 Interbull meeting

Dublin, Ireland, August 23-25 2007

Published: 2012-03-12

Articles

Preface

F Fikse
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Development of conversion formulae for traits related to beef production in Ireland

T. Pabiou, M Laval, J Guerrier

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New developments in beef cattle genetic evaluation in Australia

D J Johnston, H-U Graser, B Tier

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AGBU's approach to across-country genetic evaluation for beef cattle

K Donoghue, H-U Graser, D J Johnston, B Tier

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Report from the workshop in Paris

F Forabosco, V Palucci, W F Fikse

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Measuring the impact of change in selection indexes, old ways are best

E P Cunningham, H Täubert

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Genotype by housing interaction in Danish Holsteins

T Mark, J Lassen

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Genetic relationships in the Holstein cow population in three major dairy countries

R Mrode, F Kearney, S Biffani, M Coffey, F Canavesi

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Genomic measures of relationship and inbreeding

P M VanRaden

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Bayesian approach to integrate molecular data into genetic evaluations

N Gengler, C Verkenne

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Legendre polynomials versus linear splines in the Canadian test-day model

J Bohmanova, J Jamrozik, F Miglior, I Misztal, P G Sullivan

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Genetic parameters of butter hardness estimated by test-day model

H Soyeurt, F Dehareng, C Bertozzi, N Gengler

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Impact of new genetic parameters from a three trait model on the Italian Holstein genetic evaluation for production

F Canavesi, S Biffani, E L Nicolazzi

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Pre-adjusting data for the shape of the lactation curves in test-day model

H Leclerc, D Duclos, A Barbat, T Druet, V Ducrocq

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Genetic evaluations of lactation persistency for Italian Simmental cows based on multivariate principal component analysis

D Vicario, A Cappio-Borlino, L Degano, N Macciotta

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Experiences with Interbull test IV: estimation of genetic variance

M. Lidauer, K Vuori, I Strandén, E A Mäntysaari

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Mendelian sample mining and cluster monitoring of national genetic evaluation data with the AGELI software platform

P Tsimpos, S Diplaris, P A Mitkas, G Banos

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MTEDC software available for standardized EDC calculations

P G Sullivan

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Generalization of the information source method to compute reliabilities in test models

V Ducrocq, M del P. Schneider

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Calculation of accuracies of EBV using sampling in a large multiple breed data set

J M Hickey, H A Mulder, D I Wilhelmus, I Strandén, R F Veerkamp

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Milkability and temperament MACE correlation and pilot study results in dairy cattle populations

A Bagnato, A Rossoni, C. Nicoletti, J Jakobsen, E Santus

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Parameter estimation of longevity and type traits from France and Germany with a single trait MACE model

J Tarres, Z Liu, V Ducrocq, F Reinhardt, R Reents

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Optimum use of MACE information to predict composite type traits

F Miglior, P G Sullivan, B J Van Doormal

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Principal components analysis for conformation traits in international sire evaluations

M del P. Schneider, W F Fikse

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Prospects of performing multiple-country comparison of dairy sires for countries not participating in Interbull international genetic evaluations

A Torsell, H Jorjani, W F Fikse

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Effect of genomic selection on national and international genetic evaluations

S van der Beek

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Preliminary evaluation of sire fertility in Ireland

R Evans, S Coughlan, D Berry

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Preliminary genetic evaluation of female fertility in Ireland

D P Berry, S Coughlan, R D Evans

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Implementation of reproductive performance genetic evaluations in Canada

B J Van Doormaal, G Kistemaker, F Miglior

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Genetic evaluation of fertility traits of dairy cattle using a multiple trait model

Z Liu, J Jaitner, E Pasman, S Rensing, F Reinhardt, R Reents

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Genetic evaluation of female fertility in non-Holstein cows in the UK

E Wall, M Coffey, R Mrode

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International genetic evaluation of female fertility traits in five major breeds

H Jorjani

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There and back again: A tale of choosing female fertility traits

H Jorjani

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Analysis of new fertility traits for the joint genetic evaluation in Austria and Germany

B Gredler, C Fuerst, J Sölkner

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Methodology of evaluation for female fertility

C Huang, I Misztal, S Tsuruta, T J Lawlor

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Deriving final score from linear traits in the Italian Holstein population

S. Biffani, E Nicolazzi, F. Canavesi

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Genetic evaluation for body condition score in Italian Brown Swiss dairy cattle

A Rossoni, C Nicoletti, E Santus

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First results of body condition score modeling for Walloon Holstein cows

C Bastin, L Laloux, A Gillon, C Bertozzi, S Vanderick, N Gengler

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Locomotion as a new trait: first results from Denmark

D Boelling, A Fogh, U Sander Nielsen

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Genetic evaluation of calving traits in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden

D Boelling, U Sander Nielsen, J Pösö, J-Å Eriksson, G P Aamand

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Improving selection on udder health by using different trait definitions of somatic cell count

Y de Haas, S Bloemhof, W Ouweltjes, J ten Napel, G de Jong

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Multi-trait test-day model for national genetic evaluation of Australian dairy cattle for somatic cell count

K V Konstantinov, K T Beard, M E Goddard, J van der Werf

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Test-day model for genetic analysis of udder health traits: somatic cell score and clinical mastitis

E Negussie, K Vuori, I Strandén, E A Mäntysaari

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From functional to productive longevity in the Netherlands

C van der Linde, A Harbers, G de Jong

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Longevity evaluation in Finland: stability of evaluations and estimation of genetic parameters

P Back, M Lidauer

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Accuracy of methods for the genetic evaluation of survival in dairy cattle

J Jamrozik, J Fatehi, L R Schaeffer

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List of participants

F Fikse

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