Minutes from Interbeef Technical Committee Meeting

Participants

Brian Wickham (WG Chairman), Lubos Vostry, Pavel Bucek, Zdenka Vesela, Clara Diaz Martin, Eric Venot, Ross Evans, Thierry Pabiou, Anders Fogh, Mohammad Nilforooshan, João Dürr, Laurent Griffon, Peter Amer (observer), Mike Coffey, Norman Maiwashe, Ludmila Zavadilová (observer), Gerben de Jong (observer), Amandine Launay and Andrew Cromie.

1. Opening and adoption of agenda

The Interbeef Chairman, João Dürr, welcomed all the participants. The agenda proposed contained many reports both from Interbull Centre and the countries. Spain did not receive all the reports sent by countries via email. The chairman reminded the group to use the Interbeef forum so to avoid problems such this in the future.

ADOPTED AGENDA

  1. Opening and adoption of agenda
  2. Minutes from meeting in Uppsala - Dec 2012
  3. Results from the Adjusted Weaning Weight test run
    1. Variance components (Mohammad Nilforooshan)
    2. Breeding values (Mohammad Nilforooshan)
    3. Reliabilities (Mohammad Nilforooshan)