Home > News > Farm Animals > Have a Look at the Program for our Farm Animals Workshop in Espoo

Have a Look at the Program for our Farm Animals Workshop in Espoo

Date: 2018.10.19

Now the program for NordGen Farm Animal’s workshop in Espoo, Finland is finalised. Don’t miss out on the opportunity of learning more about sustainable breeding in small populations by the best Nordic researchers in this field. The workshop, arranged on the 30th of November, is free of charge and comes with a excursion to the Ahlman vocational college on the 29th of November.

The workshop is arranged at Hotel Nuuksio in Espoo, Finland.
Address: Naruportintie 68, 02860 Espoo

More practical information about the workshop can be found here.

The workshop is held in English. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions: farm-animals@nordgen.org.

Program (30th of November)

9.00 Opening of the workshop: Lise Lykke Steffensen, Director, NordGen

Genomic selection – what, how and why

9.10-9.30 Application of genomic selection (Peer Berg)
9.30-9.50 Genomic selection in commercial egg layer breeding program (David Cavero)
9.50-10.10 SWOT analysis of small (dairy cattle) populations (Hossein Jorjani)

10.10-10.40 Coffee break

Prospect and challenges in small populations – case studies examples

10.40-11.00 Origin and history of Northern European cattle breeds (Anna Schönherz)
11.00-11.20 Case studies using molecular data in breed conservation (Bernt Guldbrandtsen)
11.20-11.40 Population structure of Finncattle breeds (Terhi Vahlsten)
11.40-12.00 Practical selection of Finncattle AI bulls (Katarina Hägg)

12.00-13.00 Lunch break

13.00-13.20 Genomic selection breeding scheme for Western Finncattle
(Esa Mäntysaari/Ismo Stranden)
13.20- 13.40 Genomic selection for Icelandic Cattle
(Baldur Helgi Benjaminsson)

Economical aspects, novel traits and use of external information

13.40-14.10 Economical value of small populations (Morten Kargo Sörensen)
14.10-14.30 Introgression from a gene bank collection into a live breed (David Cavero)

14.30-15.00 Coffee break

15.00-15.20 Integration of external information into the national multitrait evaluation model
(Timo J. Pitkänen)
15.20-15.40 Genetic parameters of novel milkability and temperament traits in automatic milking systems (Karoline Bakke Wethal)

Discussion

15.40-16.00 Floor is open for questions. Closing the workshop.

List of invited speakers

Peer Berg, Professor Aarhus, University, Denmark & Norwegian University for Life Sciences

David Cavero, Geneticist, H & N INTERNATIONAL GMBH, Germany

Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Associate professor, Aarhus University, Denmark

Baldur Helgi Benjaminsson, Project manager, The Farmers Association of Iceland, Iceland

Katarina Hägg, Geneticist, Bull analyst, Viking Genetics, Finland

Hossein Jorjani, Professor, Interbull Centre, Sweden

Esa Mäntysaari, Professor Luke, Jokioinen, Finland

Timo J. Pitkänen, Researcher Luke, Jokioinen, Finland

Ismo Stranden, Professor Luke, Jokioinen, Finland

Terhi Vahlsten, Geneticist, Faba, Finland

Karoline Bakke Wethal, Stipendiat at Norwegian University for Life Sciences, Norway

Anna Schönherz, PhD, PostDoc in Aarhus University, Denmark

Morten Kargo Sörensen, Senior Advisor, Aarhus University, SEGES, Denmark