Session 28 – Breeding for improved animal health and welfare

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Theater

How to balance selection for litter size in pigs with survival, health and welfare
P.W. Knap, A. Huisman, C. Sørensen and E.F. Knol

Selection for robustness and welfare in Iberian pig through birth weight uniformity as criterion
J.P. Gutiérrez, N. Formoso-Rafferty, F. Sánchez-Esquiliche, M. Muñoz, J.M. García-Casco and I. Cervantes

Resilience parameters in fattening pigs are heritable and associated with tail biting and mortality
W. Gorssen, C. Winters, R. Meyermans, L. Chapard, K. Hooyberghs, J. Depuydt, S. Janssens, H. Mulder and N. Buys

The impact of phenotyping, genotyping, and the boar’s origin on the genetic gain of organic pigs
R.M. Zaalberg, J.B. Clasen, T.M. Villumsen, J. Jensen and T.T. Chu

Genetic correlations between ostrich behavioural traits and slaughter traits
P.T. Muvhali, M. Bonato, A. Engelbrecht, I.A. Malecki and S.W.P. Cloete

Genome-wide copy number variants associated with calving ease and retained placenta in Holstein cows
I.C. Hermisdorff, H.R. Oliveira, G.A. Oliveira Júnior, T.C.S. Chud, S.G. Narayana, C.M. Rochus, A.M. Butty, F. Malchiodi, P. Stothard, F. Miglior, C.F. Baes and F.S. Schenkel

Indirect effects in infection transmission enhance genetic selection and other interventions
A.D. Hulst, P. Bijma and M.C.M. De Jong

Optimizing dairy cattle breeding goals to improve production and udder health of crossbred cows
A. Bouquet, H.M. Nielsen, V. Milkevych, M. Kargo, J.R. Thomasen and M. Slagboom

Genes and variants involved in resistance to paratuberculosis in Holstein and Normande cattle
V. Sorin, A. Boulling, A. Delafosse, M. Boussaha, C. Hozé, R. Guatteo, C. Fourichon, S. Fritz, D. Boichard and M.P. Sanchez

A genome-wide association study for clinical mastitis in Italian Holstein
F. Galluzzo, G. Visentin, G. Mészáros, J.B.C.H.M. Van Kaam, R. Finocchiaro, M. Marusi and M. Cassandro

About the genetic connection between milk and health traits in dairy cows within functional regions
H. Schneider, J. Heise, A.-M. Krizanac, C. Falker-Gieske, J. Tetens, G. Thaller and J. Bennewitz

Poster

Frequency of genetic disorders in genomically tested females in the Netherlands
C. Schrooten and E. Mullaart

Genome regions and metabolic processes associated with tick resistance in beef cattle
P. Martin, T. Hüe, J. Mante, A. Lescane, D. Boichard and M. Naves

Innovative strategy using phenotypes and genetics to optimize partial sampling applied to boar taint
A. Markey, J. Wavreille, P. Mayeres, A.C. Huet, D. Duarte and N. Gengler

Genetic susceptibility determined by SNP2 in piglets challenged with F4-Enterotoxigenic E. coli
A. Middelkoop, H. Kettunen, X. Guan, J. Vuorenmaa, R. Tichelaar, M. Gambino, M.P. Rydal and F. Molist

Reference genes selection for RT-qPCR in chickens after in ovo synbiotic and choline administration
E. Grochowska, P. Guz, K. Stadnicka and M. Bednarczyk

Genetic parameters of coronet scores related to hoof disorders in Japanese dairy cattle
Y. Saito, A. Nishiura, T. Yamazaki, S. Yamaguchi, O. Sasaki and M. Satoh

Selection for a lower growth rate to avoid reaching bone apposition limits in chickens
C. Leterrier

Daily milk yield, variance and skewness of milk deviations in cows’ resilience
L. Zavadilová, E. Kašná, J. Vařeka and Z. Krupová

Lameness scoring and its use in genetic selection to improve claw health in Austrian Fleckvieh cows
A. Köck, C. Fuerst, B. Fuerst-Waltl, M. Suntinger, K. Linke, J. Kofler, K. Schodl, F.J. Auer and C. Egger-Danner

Association between udder health genomic breeding values and dairy and health traits in French cows
R. Lefebvre, S. Barbey, F. Launay, M. Gaborit, L. Delaby, P. Martin and D. Boichard

Validating resilience indicators derived from longitudinal performance measurements
M. Ghaderi Zefreh, R. Pong-Wong and A. Doeschl-Wilson

Approaching the genetic evaluation models for clinical mastitis in Spanish dairy cows
M.A. Pérez-Cabal, I. Cervantes, J.P. Gutiérrez, J. López-Paredes and N. Charfeddine

Milk somatic cell counts in winter and summer are genetically different traits in Norwegian goats
H.B. Olsen, J. Jakobsen and T. Blichfeldt

Effects of two different traditional sire breeds on performance and behaviour of rearing pigs
A. Lange, M. Wutke, S. Ammer, A.K. Appel, H. Henne, A. Deermann and I. Traulsen

Evaluation of milk parameters and mastitis predisposition in Cyprus Chios sheep
S. Panayidou, T. Christofi, A.N. Georgiou and G. Hadjipavlou

Influence of early rearing system on later performance of commercial laying hens
Q. Berger, N. Bédère, P. Le-Roy, S. Lagarrigue, T. Burlot and T. Zerjal

Differentially expressed genes in tissues of Pietrain sired pigs challenged with high fiber/fat diet
E.U. Nwosu, B. Chakkingal Bhaskaran, E. Kowalski, W. Gorssen, R. Meyermans, S. Janssens, S. Millet, M. Aluwé, S. De Smet and N. Buys

GWAS based on imputed sequence-level genotypes in a huge cow data set: many roles for the GC gene
A.M. Krizanac, C. Falker-Gieske, C. Reimer, J. Heise, Z. Liu, J. Pryce, J. Bennewitz, G. Thaller and J. Tetens

GWAS for clinical metritis in Polish HF cows
P. Topolski, T. Suchocki and A. Żarnecki

Genetic relationships between mastitis, milk yield traits and somatic cell count in Polish HF cows
P. Topolski and W. Jagusiak