2017 Interbull Meeting

August 25 - 28, 2017 Tallinn, Estonia

General Program - Interbull Activities

Day	Time		Location
		Interbull Annual Meeting
Friday 25 August	08:00 to 12:30	Interbull Technical Committee (+ SAC) Meeting 1
	13:00 to 19:00	Interbull Steering Committee (+ SAC) Meeting 1
Saturday, 26 August	08:30 to 12:30	Interbull Open Meetings (1+2)
	13:30 to 15:30	Interbull Business Meeting 1
	16:00 to 18:00	Interbull Open Meetings (3)
	19:00 to 22:00	Interbull Dinner at Restaurant Olde Hansa
Sunday, 27 August	08:30 to 12:00	Interbull Open Meetings (4+5)
	13:00 to 15:00	Interbull Business Meeting 2
	15:15 to 17:00	Interbull Technical Committee (+ SAC) Meeting 2
	17:00 to 19:00	Interbull Steering Committee Meeting 2
Monday, 28 August	08:30 to 12:30	Joint Interbull – EAAP Session. Session 1: Managing genetic diversity in cattle in the era of genomic selection	EAAP
	14:00 to 18:30	Joint Interbull – EAAP Session. Session 7: Genetic defects in cattle – identification, finding the mutation and managing it in breeding plans	EAAP

Technical and Steering Committee Meetings are administrative meetings restricted to the respective members, and include joint sessions with Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) where indicated; Business Meetings are public and are dedicated to discuss operational and political decisions of the Steering Committee with participating organizations; Open Meetings are dedicated to scientific reports.

Scientific Program - Interbull Open Session

Download the scientific progarm for the Interbull Open Meeting as pdf

Download the program for the Joint Interbull – EAAP Session 1 as pdf

Download the program for the Joint Interbull – EAAP Session 7 as pdf

	Session	Time	Author	Scientific report title	Other authors	Country	Organization
Saturday, August 26th	Integration of new phenotypes/initiatives into (inter)national genomic evaluations (1) Chair: Marj Faust	08:30	N. Friggens	Genomic management tools to optimize resilience and efficiency	C. Kaya, A.W.M. Roozen	France	INRA
		08:45	E. Groeneveld	Large scale SNP data management and integration in breeding programs		Germany	FLI
		09:00	W.M. Stoop	Genomics in small populations: the MRY breed	G. Veninga, G. de Jong, F. Reinhardt	the Netherlands	CRV BV
		09:15	H. Alkhoder	The impact of adding cows to the EuroGenomics bull reference population on genomic prediction	Z. Liu, F. Reinhardt	Germany	VIT
		09:30	H. Jorjani	InterGenomics for Holstein populations	H. Jorjani, V. Palucci, J. Sendecka	Sweden	Interbull Centre
		09:45	General Discussion
		10:00	Coffee Break
	Integration of new phenotypes/initiatives into (inter)national genomic evaluations (2) Chair:Enrico Santus	10:30	A. Kudinov	Upgrading dairy cattle evaluation sustem in Russian Federation	J. Juga, P. Uimari, E.A. Mäntysaari, I. Strandén, K.V. Plemyashov, E.I. Saksa, M.G. Smaragdov	Finland, Russian Federation	University of Helsinki, Russian Reserch Institute of Farm Animals Genetic and Breeding
		10:45	R. Bonifazi	Preliminary study of VCE for Limousine and Charolais breeds through Mix99 software	E. Hjerpe, T. Pabiou, H. Benhajali, H. Jorjani	Sweden	Interbull Centre
		11:00	A. Govignon-Gion	Genetic evaluation of calving ease for French beef cattle breeds with dairy maternal support	Bouleisteix P., Brunet J.L., Delpeuch A., Miller S., Venot E., Mattalia S.	France	Institut de l'Elevage
		11:15	H. Täubert	A new model for the genetic evaluation for longevity in Germany	J. Heise, F. Reinhardt, R. Reents	Germany	VIT
		11:30	P. Amer	Options for incorporating feed intake data into national selection indexes	S. Meier	New Zealand	AbacusBio
		11:45	L. Chavinskaia	International order of cattle breeding. Interbull as a space of commensuration		France	INRA
		12:00	Z. Liu (presented by H. Jorjani)	SNP-MACE	H. Jorjani	Germany	VIT
		12:15	General Discussion
		12:30 -13:30	Lunch
		13:30 - 15:30	Interbull Business meeting 1
		15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
	Model choice & Validation of GES in the genomic era (3) Chair:Marija Klopcic	16:00	I. Misztal	Studies on inflation of GEBV in single-step GBLUP for type	S. Tsuruta, Y. Masuda, D. Lourenco, T. J. Lawlor	USA	University of Georgia
		16:30	B. Harris	Experiencing solving large scale single step marker best linear unbiased models		New Zealand	LIC
		16:45	C. Edel	Do biased gene-content estimates inflate genomic predictions with single-step GBLUP?	Pimentel, E.C.G.; Emmerling, R. and Götz, K.-U.	Germany	Bavarian State Research Center For Agriculture, Institute of Animal Breeding
		17:00	S. Rensing	Cow reference population - benefit for genomic evaluation system and farmers	H. Alkhoder, C. Kubitz, S. Schierenbeck and D. Segelke	Germany	VIT
		17:15	R. Bonifazi	Comparison of genomic reliability in national genomic evaluation of dairy cattle populations	V. Palucci, E. Hjerpe, F. M. Sarti, E. Lasagna, H. Jorjani, H. Benhajali	Sweden	Interbull Centre
		17:30	R. Bonifazi (presented by H. Jorjani)	Speed up rG estimation	H. Benhajali, T. Pabiou, E. Hjerpe, M. Lidauer, H. Jorjani	Sweden	Interbull Centre
		17:45	General Discussion
		19:00 - 22:00	Interbull Dinner at the in the Restaurant Olde Hansa
Sunday, August 27th	Impact of genomic pre-selection on N-GES and I-GES (MACE) + Model choice & validation of GES in the genomic era (4) Chair: Gert P. Aamand	08:30	I. J. P. Vermeer	Bias in proofs of non-random used sire	J.J. Vosman, G. de Jong	the Netherlands	CRV
		08:45	M. Koivula	Validation of genomic and genetic evaluations in 305d production traits of nordic Holstein cattle	I. Strandén, G. P. Aamand, Esa A. Mäntysaari	Finland	LUKE
		09:00	Z. Liu	Approximating genomic reliabilities for national genomic evaluation	P. M. VanRaden, M. Lidauer, M. P. Calus, H. Benhajali, H. Jorjani and V. Ducrocq	Germany	VIT
		09:30		General Discussion
		10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Breack
	Integration of new phenotypes/initiatives into (inter)national genetic evaluations (5) Chair: Sophie Mattalia	10:30	I. Rukin	Development of milk data control system for reducing the bias of genomic evaluation for the Russian Holstein breed	Pantiukh K., Rysina M., Knyazeva T., Grouzdev D.	Russian Federation	Moscow State University, I Gene LLC, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Breeding
		10:45	K. Stachowicz	Genetic parameters of cow functional survival and conformation traits with recommendations for genetic evaluation	C. Quinton, S. Meyer, P. Amer, C. Phyn	New Zealand	AbacusBio
		11:00	A.M. Tyrisevä	Evaluation of conception rate in nordic dairy cattle	Muuttoranta, K., Pösö, J., Nielsen, U. S., Eriksson, J.-Å., Aamand, G.P., Mäntysaari, E. A., and M.H. Lidauer	Finland	LUKE
		11:15	M. van Pelt	Improving the genetic evaluation for longevity in the Netherlands	G. de Jong, R. Veerkamp	the Netherlands	CRV
		11:30	B. Fuerst-Waltl	Phenotypic and genetic relationships between subclinical ketosis, body condition score, fat-protein ratio and other diseases in Austrian Fleckvieh cows	A. Köck, F. Steininger, C. Fuerst, C. Egger-Danner	Austria	University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
		11:45	J. Cole	Development of genomic evaluations for direct measures of health in U.S. Holsteins and their correlations with fitness traits	K.L. Parker Gaddis, M.E. Tooker, J.R. Wright, J.H. Megonigal, Jr., J.S. Clay, and P.M. VanRaden	USA	Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS, USDA
		12:00 - 12:30	Lunch
		13:00 - 15:00	Interbull Business Meeting 2
Monday, August 28th	Joint Interbull – EAAP Session: Session 1: Managing genetic diversity in cattle in the era of genomic selection Chair:Reinhard Reents	08:30 - 09:00	P.M. Vanraden	Genomic tools to improve progress and preserve variation for future generations		USA	Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS, USDA
		09:00 - 09:15	F. Hely	Genetic diversity of sires used in the Irish dairy industry	F. Kearney, A. Cromie, D. Matthews, P. Amer	New Zealand	AbacusBio
		09:15 - 09:30	J.R. Thomasen	Pedigree inbreeding underestimate true inbreeding in genomic dairy cattle breeding schemes	H. Liu, A.C. Sørensen	Denmark	Aarhus University
		09:30 - 09:45	V. Kukučková	Genetic diversity measures of local European cattle breeds for conservation purposes	N. Moravčíková, I. Curik, M. Simčič, G. Mészáros, R. Kasarda	Slovakia	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
		09:45 - 10:00	Y. Wang	Long-term impact of optimum contribution selection on breeds with historical introgression	J. Bennewitz, R. Wellmann	Germany	University of Hohenheim
		10:00 - 10:15	D. Segelke	Using recombination to maintain genetic diversity	J. Heise, G. Thaller	Germany	VIT
		10:15 - 10:45	S. Van Der Beek	Using genomics to manage progress and diversity: an industry perspective	H. Geertsema	The Netherlands	CRV
		10:45 - 11:00	D. Hinrichs	Biodiversity within and between European Red dairy breeds – conservation through utilization	M. Calus, D.J. De-Koning, J. Bennewitz, T. Meuwissen, G. Thaller, J. Szyda, J. Tetens, V. Juskiene, B. Guldbrandtsen	Germany	Humboldt-University
		11:00 - 11:15	S. Van Den Berg	The effect of using whole genome sequence instead of a lower density SNP chip on GWAS	R.F. Veerkamp, F.A. Van Eeuwijk, A.C. Bouwman, M.S. Lopes, J. Vandenplas	The Netherlands	Wageningen University and Research
		11:15 - 11:30	I. Misztal	Genetic trends from single-step GBLUP and traditional BLUP for production traits in US Holstein	Y. Masuda, P.M. Vanraden, T.J. Lawlor	USA	University of Georgia
		11:30 - 11:45	V. Ducrocq	Development of genomic selection in dairy cattle in two emerging countries: South Africa and India	L. Chavinskaia, M. Swaminathan, A. Pande, M. Van Niekerk, F.W.C. Neser	France	GABI, INRA, AgroParisTech
		11:45 - 12:30	Poster Sessions
	Joint Interbull – EAAP Session. Session 7: Genetic defects in cattle – identification, finding the mutation and managing it in breeding plans Chair:Hossein Jorjani	14:00 - 14:15	H. Pausch	Implications of mosaicism for deleterious de novo mutations in artificial insemination bulls	C. Wurmser, S. Ammermueller, D. Segelke, A. Capitan, R. Fries	Germany	Animal Breeding, TU Muenchen
		14:15 - 14:30	F.R. Seefried	Genotype prediction for a structural variant in Brown Swiss cattle using Illumina Beadchip data	P. Von Rohr, C. Drögemüller	Switzerland	Qualitas
		14:30 - 14:45	P. Ajmone Marsan	Chasing deleterious recessives in Italian Holstein dairy cattle	M. Milanesi, S. Capomaccio, L. Colli, S. Biffani, J.T. Van Kaam, R. Finocchiaro, R. Negrini, C.J. Rubin, A. Nardone, N.P.P. Maciotta, J.L. Williams	Italy	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
		14:45 - 15:00	C. Grohs	Reverse genetics to describe a recessive defect in different breeds	P. Michot, S. Chahory, M.C. Deloche, S. Barbey, M. Boussaha, C. Danchin-Burge, S. Fritz, D. Boichard, A. Capitan	France	GABI, INRA, AgroParisTech
		15:00 - 15:15	T. Druet	Identification and management of recessive genetic defects in Belgian Blue beef cattle	A. Sartelet, X. Hubin, N. Tamma, M. Georges, C. Charlier	Belgium	Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R
		15:15 - 15:45	G.E. Pollott	A review of bioinformatic methods to locate a new recessive mutation on the genome		United Kingdom	Royal Veterinary College
		15:45 - 16:00	A.C. Sørensen	Managing lethal alleles using genomic optimum contribution selection	L. Hjortø, J.R. Thomasen, P. Berg, M. Kargo, M. Henryon, H. Liu	Denmark	Aarhus University
		16:00 - 16:15	C. Scheper	Using a MQTL matrix to test for pleiotropic effects of Mendelian trait loci on quantitative traits	S. König	Germany	LFL
		16:15 - 16:30	M.C. Mcclure	Bovine Genetic Disease and Trait Frequencies in Ireland: >85 causative alleles in >1M animals	P. Flynn, R. Weld, T. Pabiou, M. Mullen, J.F. Kearney	Ireland	ICBF
		16:30 - 17:00	J.B. Cole	Management of Mendelian traits in breeding programs by gene editing		USA	USDA
		17:00 - 17:30	H. Jorjani	International registration and management of genetic defects: General discussion		Sweden	Interbull Centre
		17:30 - 18:00	Poster Session