2017 Interbull Meeting
Date: August 25 - 28, 2017
General Program - Interbull Activities
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 | Interbull Annual Meeting | 
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| Friday 25 August | 08:00 to 12:30 | Interbull Technical Committee (+ SAC) Meeting 1 | 
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 | 13:00 to 19:00 | Interbull Steering Committee (+ SAC) Meeting 1 | 
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| Saturday, 26 August | 08:30 to 12:30 | Interbull Open Meetings (1+2) | 
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 | 13:30 to 15:30 | Interbull Business Meeting 1 | 
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 | 16:00 to 18:00 | Interbull Open Meetings (3) | 
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 | 19:00 to 22:00 | Interbull Dinner | 
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| Sunday, 27 August | 08:30 to 12:00 | Interbull Open Meetings (4+5) | 
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 | 13:00 to 15:00 | Interbull Business Meeting 2 | 
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 | 15:15 to 17:00 | Interbull Technical Committee (+ SAC) Meeting 2 | 
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 | 17:00 to 19:00 | Interbull Steering Committee Meeting 2 | 
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| Monday, 28 August | 08:30 to 12:30 | Joint Session with EAAP Genetics or Cattle Commission | EAAP | 
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 | 14:00 to 18:00 | Joint Session with EAAP Genetics or Cattle Commission | 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
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| Saturday, August 26th | Integration of new phenotypes/initiatives into (inter)national genomic evaluations (1)   | 08:30 | N. Friggens | Genomic management tools to optimize resilience and efficiency | 
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| 08:45 | E. Groenveld | Large scale SNP data management and integration in breeding programs | 
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| 09:00 | W.M. Stoop | Genomics in small populations: the MRY breed | 
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| 09:15 | H. Alkholder | The impact of adding cows to the EuroGenomics bull reference population on genomic prediction | 
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| 09:30 | H. Jorjani | InterGenomics for Holstein populations | 
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| 09:45 | 
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| Integration of new phenotypes/initiatives into (inter)national genomic evaluations (2)   | 10:30 | A. Kudinov | Upgrading dairy cattle evaluation sustem in Russian Federation | 
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| 10:45 | R. Bonifazi | Preliminary study of VCE for Limousine and Charolais breeds trough Mix99 software | 
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| 11:00 | A. Govignon-Gion | Genetic evaluation of calving ease for French beef cattle breeds with dairy maternal support | 
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| 11:15 | H. Täubert | A new model for the genetic evaluation for longevity in Germany | 
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| 11:30 | P. Amer | Options for incorporating feed intake data into national selection indexes | 
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| 11:45 | L. Chavinskaia | International order of cattle breeding. Interbull as a space of commensuration | 
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| 12:00 | Z. Liu (presented by H. Jorjani) | SNP-MACE | 
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| 12:15 | 
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| Model choice & Validation of GES in the genomic era (3)   | 16:00 | I. Misztal | Studies on inflation of GEBV in single-step GBLUP for type | 
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| 16:30 | B. Harris | Science Leader | 
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| 16:45 | C. Edel | Do biased gene-content estimates inflate genomic predictions with single-step GBLUP? | 
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| 17:00 | S. Rensing | Cow reference population - benefit for genomic evaluation system and farmers | 
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| 17:15 | R. Bonifazi | Comparison of genomic reliability in national genomic evaluation of dairy cattle populations | 
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| 17:30 | R. Bonifazi (presented by H. Jorjani) | Speed up rG estimation | 
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| 17:45 | 
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| 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)  | 08:30 | I. J. P. Vermeer | Bias in proofs of non-random used sire | 
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| 08:45 | M. Koivula | Validation of genomic and genetic evaluations in 305d production traits of nordic Holstein cattle | 
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| 09:00 | Z. Liu | Approximating genomic reliabilities for national genomic evaluation | 
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| 09:30 | 
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| Integration of new phenotypes/initiatives into (inter)national genetic evaluation (5)  | 10:30 | I. Rukin | Development of milk data control system for reducing the bias of genomic evaluation for the Russian Holstein breed | 
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| 10:45 | K. Stachowicz | Genetic parameters of cow functional survival and conformation traits with recommendations for genetic evaluation | 
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| 11:00 | A.M. Tyrisevä | Evaluation of conception rate in nordic dairy cattle | 
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| 11:15 | M. van Pelt | Improving the genetic evaluation for longevity in the Netherlands | 
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| 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 | 
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| 11:45 | J. Cole | Development of genomic evaluations for direct measures of health in U.S. Holsteins and their correlations with fitness traits | 
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