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Proceedings of the 18th Conference Barossa Valley, South Australia 28 September - 1 October 2009 |
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| Ancillary pages | |
| AAABG and President's Message | i-vii |
| AAABG Fellows | viii |
| AAABG Honorary Members | xiv |
| Helen Newton Turner Medal | xvi |
| Helen Newton Turner Medal Oration 2007 | xvii |
| Citations of Papers and List of Reviewers | xxii |
| Table of Contents | xxiii |
| Author Index | 672 |
| Papers | |
| Epigenetics | |
| Imprinted genes in man and mouse are model systems in comparative epigenomics | 1 |
| Martina Paulsen | |
| Animal Genetics | |
| The influence of animal breeding on The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin | 7 |
| O. Mayo | |
| Charles Darwin in Australia: his zoological observations | 11 |
| F.W. Nicholas | |
| The genetics of sexual dimorphism in sheep | 14 |
| B.W. Gudex, C. Gondro, K. Marshall and J.H.J. van der Werf | |
| Sexual dimorphism of genes regulating skeletal muscle growth in Bali cattle | 18 |
| G.S. Nattrass, Dahlanuddin, D.P. Poppi and S.P. Quigley | |
| Delivery of genomics to industry | |
| Progress in development and implementation of a strategy for commercialisation of DNA marker technology for the Australian beef industry | 22 |
| R.G. Banks, H. Burrow and H.-U. Graser | |
| Genomic selection based on dense genotypes inferred from sparse genotypes | 26 |
| M.E. Goddard and B.J. Hayes | |
| Integration of DNA markers into BREEDPLAN EBVS | 30 |
| D.J. Johnston, B. Tier and H.-U. Graser | |
| Accuracy of genomic selection: comparing theory and results | 34 |
| B.J. Hayes, H.D. Daetwyler, P. Bowman, G. Moser, B. Tier, R. Crump, M. Khatkar, H.W. Raadsma and M.E. Goddard | |
| Potential benefit of genomic selection in sheep | 38 |
| J.H.J. van der Werf | |
| Genotype by environment interactions | |
| Genotype x Environment interactions and Merino breeding programmes for wool production | 42 |
| B.J. McGuirk | |
| Sire by flock-year interactions for body weight in Poll Dorset sheep | 48 |
| D.J. Brown, A.A. Swan, D.J. Johnston and H.-U. Graser | |
| Classifying sheep grazing environments using satellite data to quantify genotype by environment interactions | 52 |
| M.B. Whelan, D.J. Cottle, K.G. Geenty and D.J. Brown | |
| Genotype by environment interaction between registered and commercial herds for dairy traits in Australia | 56 |
| M. Haile-Mariam and M.E. Goddard | |
| Genotype by environmental interaction for live weight between two production environments in the GIFT strain (Oreochromis niloticus) | 60 |
| H.L. Khaw, R.W. Ponzoni, A. Hamzah and N. Kamaruzzaman | |
| Genomic selection | |
| Variability in the distributions of single nucleotide polymorphism effects in livestock populations | 64 |
| E.J. Smith and J.M. Henshall | |
| Use of genotype probabilities and selective genotyping for estimation of marker effects | 68 |
| M.L.A.N.R. Deepani and B.P. Kinghorn | |
| Phasing of SNP data by combined recursive long range phasing and long range haplotype imputation | 72 |
| J.M. Hickey, B.P. Kinghorn, B. Tier and J.H.J. van der Werf | |
| A recursive algorithm for long range phasing of SNP genotypes | 76 |
| B.P. Kinghorn, J.M. Hickey and J.H.J. van der Werf | |
| Genomic selection using a fast EM algorithm 2. Analysis of simulated data | 80 |
| R.K. Shepherd and J.A. Woolliams | |
| Genomic selection using a fast EM algorithm 1. Understanding the methodology | 84 |
| R.K. Shepherd, T.H.E. Meuwissen and J.A. Woolliams | |
| Behaviour and welfare | |
| Mapping the Horns Locus in Sheep | 88 |
| N. Pickering, T. Johnson, B. Auvray, K.G. Dodds and J.C. McEwan | |
| Genetic markers for polled condition in cattle - the current status and the future plans | 92 |
| K.C. Prayaga, M. Mariasegaram, B. Harrison, B. Tier, J.M. Henshall and W. Barendse | |
| The genetics of temperament traits in Merino sheep | 96 |
| K.L. Lennon, M.L. Hebart, F.D. Brien and P.I. Hynd | |
| The role of cytochrome P450 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase (CYP17) in the stress coping ability in a divergently selected Merino sheep population | 100 |
| D. van der Walt, S.W.P. Cloete, K. Storbeck and P. Swart | |
| The improvement of lamb survival of Merino sheep as a correlated response to direct selection for rearing ability | 104 |
| S.W.P. Cloete, I. Misztal and J.J. Olivier | |
| Genetics of lamb survival: preliminary studies of the Information Nucleus Flock | 108 |
| F.D. Brien, M.L. Hebart, J.E. Hocking-Edwards, J.C. Greeff, K.W. Hart, G. Refshauge, G. Gaunt, R. Behrend, K. Thomson, G.N. Hinch, K.G. Geenty and J.H.J. van der Werf | |
| Beef Cattle I | |
| John Edward Vercoe AM FSTE FAIAST 1936 - 2005 | 112 |
| H. Burrow | |
| Interbreed evaluation of productivity under low and moderate dry matter availabilities | 113 |
| T.G. Jenkins | |
| Maternal productivity in industry herds: Preliminary results | 117 |
| K.A. Donoghue and P.F. Parnell | |
| Genetic variation in growth, hormonal and seminal traits of young tropically adapted bulls | 121 |
| N.J. Corbet, B.M. Burns, D.H. Corbet, D.J. Johnston, J.M. Crisp, M.R. McGowan, K.C. Prayaga, B.K. Venus and R.G. Holroyd | |
| Genome wide association studies for net feed intake, body weight and hip height in beef cattle | 125 |
| S. Bolormaa and M.E. Goddard | |
| Validation and estimation of additive genetic variation associated with DNA tests for quantitative beef cattle traits | 129 |
| A.L. Van Eenennaam, R.M. Thallman, R.L. Quaas, K. Hanford and E.J. Pollak | |
| Dairy Cattle | |
| Genotype by environment interactions in international genetic evaluations of dairy bulls | 133 |
| J.H. Jakobsen, J.W. Durr, H. Jorjani, F. Forabosco, A. Loberg and J. Philipsson | |
| Updated index weights for the Australian Profit Ranking in dairy cattle | 143 |
| J.E. Pryce, J.H.J. van der Werf, M. Haile-Mariam, B. Malcolm and M.E. Goddard | |
| Genetic markers for lactation persistency in Australian dairy cows | 147 |
| J.E. Pryce, M. Haile-Mariam, K. Verbyla, P.J. Bowman, M.E. Goddard and B.J. Hayes | |
| Genome wide association studies in dairy cattle using high density SNP scans | 151 |
| H.W. Raadsma, M.S. Khatkar, G. Moser, M. Hobbs, R. Crump, J.A.L. Cavanagh, and B.Tier | |
| Criteria for selecting and predicting herdlife in dairy cattle | 155 |
| M. Haile-Mariam and M.E. Goddard | |
| Beef Cattle ll | |
| The impact of genetic markers for tenderness on steer carcass and feedlot exit and heifer puberty traits in Brahman cattle | 159 |
| M.L. Wolcott and D.J. Johnston | |
| Association between Myostatin DNA markers and muscularity in Angus cattle | 163 |
| B.A. O'Rourke, P.L. Greenwood, P.F. Arthur and M.E. Goddard | |
| Muscle specific expression of regulatory factors in cattle selected for high and low muscling | 167 |
| G. Parnell, Y. Chen, G.S. Nattrass and P.L. Greenwood | |
| Global gene expression profiling of angus cattle selected for low and high net feed intake | 171 |
| Y. Chen, C. Gondro, K. Quinn, B. Vanselow, P.F. Parnell and R.M. Herd | |
| Expression of mitochondrial respiratory complex genes in liver tissue of cattle with different feed efficiency phenotypes | 175 |
| K.J. Kochan, R.N. Vaughn, T.S. Amen, C.A. Abbey, J.O. Sanders, D.K. Lunt, A.D. Herring, J.E. Sawyer, C.A. Gill and P.K. Riggs | |
| Identification of differentially expressed transcripts in m. longissimus dorsi with divergent marbling phenotypes in Hanwoo (Korean native cattle) | 179 |
| S.H. Lee, C. Gondro, J.H.J. van der Werf, N.K. Kim, D.J. Lim, Y.H. Shin, J.P. Gibson and J. M. Thompson | |
| Pigs | |
| QTL mapping for feed conversion efficiency on porcine chromosome 10 in an Australian commercial population | 183 |
| Y. Chen, Y. Zhang, I. MacLeod, R. Kerr, K.L. Bunter, B. Hayes, B. Tier, H.-U. Graser, B.G. Luxford, M. Goddard and C. Moran | |
| A genome-wide association analysis identifying SNPS for PRRS tolerance on a commercial pig farm | 187 |
| C.R.G. Lewis, M. Torremorell, L. Galina-Pantoja, N. Deeb, M.A. Mellencamp, A.L. Archibald and S.C. Bishop | |
| Effect of halothane genotype on growth parameters, carcase and meat quality traits in the Pietrain Breed of the French National Pig Breeding Program | 191 |
| I. Merour, S. Hermesch, S. Schwob and T. Tribout | |
| Genetic correlations between carcase length, fat and muscle depths and primal cut weights in the French Large White Sire line | 195 |
| I. Merour, S. Hermesch, R.M. Jones and T. Tribout | |
| Evaluation of pig flight time, average daily gain and backfat using random effect models including grower group | 199 |
| R.M. Jones, S. Hermesch and R.E. Crump | |
| Associations between sow body composition, feed intake during lactation and early piglet growth | 203 |
| K.L. Bunter, B.G. Luxford, R. Smits and S. Hermesch | |
| Breeding program design including MAS | |
| Breeding objectives for seasonal production systems: an example from New Zealand venison systems | 207 |
| J.A. Archer and P.R. Amer | |
| Trans-Tasman genetic evaluations of sheep | 212 |
| M.J. Young, S-A.N. Newman, R. Apps, A.J. Ball and D.J. Brown | |
| Combining estimates of SNP effects when they are subpopulation specific | 216 |
| P.R. Amer and G.M. Payne | |
| SNP predictors to accelerate the rate of genetic progress in sheep | 220 |
| J.A. Sise and P.R. Amer | |
| Association of polymorphisms in candidate genes with carcass and taste panel assessed meat quality traits in a commercial population of Angus-sired beef cattle | 224 |
| J.L. Gill, S.C. Bishop, C. McCorquodale, J.L. Williams and P. Wiener | |
| The effect of the inclusion of pedigree data on estimates of carrier status at the agouti locus in sheep | 228 |
| J.M. Henshall, J. McNally and B.J. Norris | |
| Animal genomes | |
| I have a draft genome for my species ... what now? | 232 |
| Claire M. Wade | |
| SNP origin bias on population structure analysis: an Australian beef cattle case study | 239 |
| L.R. Porto Neto and W. Barendse | |
| Population stratification, not genotype error, causes some SNPs to depart from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium | 243 |
| Y.D. Zhang and B. Tier | |
| Genome structure in australian Holstein Friesian cattle revealed by combined analysis of three high density SNP panels | 247 |
| M.S. Khatkar, B. Tier, M. Hobbs, D. Khatkar, J.A.L. Cavanagh, R. Crump, G. Moser and H. W. Raadsma | |
| A peculiarity of gene frequency estimation | 251 |
| J.W. James, V.A. Whan and B.J. Norris | |
| Disease resistance | |
| Interpretation and prediction in disease genetics | 255 |
| S.C. Bishop | |
| Review of genetic parameters for disease resistance in sheep in New Zealand and Australia | 263 |
| C.A. Morris | |
| Opportunities to breed for resistance to breech strike in Merino sheep in a Mediterranean environment | 272 |
| J.C. Greeff and L.J.E. Karlsson | |
| Systems genetics analysis reveals gene modules and heritable biomarkers for sheep intestinal parasite resistance | 279 |
| H.N. Kadarmideen, N. Andronicos and N.S. Watson-Haigh | |
| On the expression profile of candidate genes conferring resistance to gastro-intestinal nematodes in sheep | 283 |
| Shivashankar H Nagaraj, Antonio Reverter, Moira Menzies, Nick Andronicos, and Aaron Ingham | |
| Biotechnology tools and challenges | |
| Current status and future prospects for reproductive technologies in small ruminants | 287 |
| W.M.C. Maxwell and G. Evans | |
| Quality Control For Ovine SNP50 Beadchip Genotypes | 296 |
| K.G. Dodds, B. Auvray, N. Pickering and J.C. McEwan | |
| Building a deer SNP chip | 300 |
| M.J. Bixley, J.F. Ward, R. Brauning, J.A. Archer and P.J. Fisher | |
| Summarization methods and quality problems in Affymetrix microarrays | 304 |
| C. Gondro | |
| A new strategy to identify the disease causing mutation for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in South Hamsphire sheep | 308 |
| I.F. Mohd Ismail, J.A.L. Cavanagh, N.L. Mitchell, P.J. Houweling, D.N. Palmer and I. Tammen | |
| Sheep - Wool I | |
| An integrated genomics approach to improving wool productivity and quality | 312 |
| P. I. Hynd, C.S. Bawden, N.W. Rufaut, B.J. Norris, M. McDowall, A.J. Nixon, Z. Yu, A.J. Pearson, G.S. Nattrass, C. Gordon-Thompson, G.P. Moore, S.M. Dunn, N.M. Edwards, D.H. Smith and C.J. McLaughlan | |
| Weighted co-expression networks shed light on the molecular mechanism of action of metyrapone on wool follicle development | 322 |
| N.S. Watson-Haigh, H.N. Kadarmideen, M. McDowall, G.S. Nattrass, H.A. McGrice and P.I. Hynd | |
| Genetic progress in the Australian Sheep Industry | 326 |
| A.A. Swan, D.J. Brown and R.G. Banks | |
| Breeding plain-bodied fine wools - No problem! | 330 |
| S. Hatcher, K.D. Atkins and K.J. Thornberry | |
| Heritability and phenotypic correlations for breech strike and breech strike resistance indicators in Merinos | 334 |
| J.L. Smith, H.G. Brewer and T. Dyall | |
| The relationship between crutch cover score and production and easy care traits in Merino sheep | 338 |
| D.H. Smith, E. Safari, F.D. Brien, K.S. Jaensch and R.J. Grimson | |
| Aquaculture | |
| Genetic improvement programs for Aquaculture species in developing countries: Prospects and challenges | 342 |
| R.W. Ponzoni, N.H. Nguyen and H.L. Khaw | |
| Development of a breeding strategy for hybrid abalone | 350 |
| M. G. Hamilton, P. D. Kube, N. G. Elliott, L. J. McPherson and A. Krsinich | |
| Assessment of the level of heterozyogosity in the Tasmanian Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar) population using single nucleotide polymorphim markers | 354 |
| S. Dominik, J.M. Henshall, P.D. Kube, H. King, S. Lien, M. Kent and N.G. Elliott | |
| Heterosis, direct and maternal genetic effects on body traits in a complete diallel cross involving four strains of red Tilapia Oreochromis spp | 358 |
| N.H. Nguyen, N. Pongthana and R.W. Ponzoni | |
| Development and early results of the Tasmanian Atlantic salmon breeding program | 362 |
| N.G. Elliott and P.D. Kube | |
| Sheep - Wool II | |
| Fibre production and sheep breeding in South America | 366 |
| R.C. Cardellino and J.P. Mueller | |
| Effects on lifetime reproductive performance of phenoytpic selection for fleece weight, fibre diameter, body weight and related selection indexes | 374 |
| L.R. Piper, A.A. Swan, and H.G. Brewer | |
| Variation in the lifetime reproductive performance of Merino ewes | 378 |
| G.J. Lee, K.D. Atkins and M.A. Sladek | |
| Genetic parameters for lifetime reproductive performance of Merino ewes | 382 |
| G.J. Lee, K.D. Atkins and M.A. Sladek | |
| Levels of post-weaning loss in the Trangie D-flock (1975-83) | 386 |
| C.E. Pope and K.D. Atkins | |
| Genetic variation in clean wool colour in fine wool Merinos | 390 |
| J.L. Smith and I.W. Purvis | |
| Statistical methods I | |
| Mixed models in animal breeding: where to now | 394 |
| A.R. Gilmour | |
| Latent mixed models | 398 |
| Robin Thompson | |
| Statistical genetics to improve robustness of dairy cows | 406 |
| R.F. Veerkamp, H.A. Mulder, M.P.L. Calus, J.J. Windig, and J. ten Napel | |
| Sheep - Meat | |
| Meat sheep breeding - where we are at and future challenges | 414 |
| N.M. Fogarty | |
| Rates of Genetic Gain in New Zealand Sheep | 422 |
| M.J. Young and P.R. Amer | |
| The Information Nucleus - Genetically Improving Australian Lamb Production | 426 |
| S.I. Mortimer, K.L. Pearce, R.H. Jacobs, D.L. Hopkins, R.D. Warner, G.H. Geesink, J.E. Hocking Edwards, D.W. Pethick, L.H.J. van der Werf and A.J. Ball | |
| Economic evaluation of whole genome selection using meat sheep as a case study | 430 |
| R.G. Banks and J.H.J. van der Werf | |
| Progress in the development of breeding schemes for the Irish sheep industry: the maternal lamb producer groups | 434 |
| T.J. Byrne, P.R. Amer, P.F. Fennessy, R.M. Rohloff, A. Cromie, P. Donnellan, G. Potterton, J.P. Hanrahan, and B. Wickham | |
| Statistical Methods II | |
| Cheverud revisited: Scope for joint modelling of genetic and environmental covariance matrices | 438 |
| Karin Meyer and Mark Kirkpatrick | |
| Factor-analytic models to reduce computational requirements in international genetic evaluation for beef cattle | 442 |
| Karin Meyer | |
| Application of random regression techniques to dissect age-dependent quantitative trait loci for growth in lambs | 446 |
| G. Hadjipavlou and S.C. Bishop | |
| Comparison of genetic parameters obtained from an ordinal canine hip phenotype data set by linear and ordinal analyses | 450 |
| B.J. Wilson, F.W. Nicholas, J.W. James and P.C. Thomson | |
| A framework to link whole genome SNP association studies to systems genetics | 454 |
| S.J. Goodswen, H.N. Kadarmideen, C. Gondro and J.H.J. van der Werf | |
| Statistical considerations in the analysis of gene expression data from heterogeneous sources | 458 |
| P.C. Thomson, M. Singh and H.W. Raadsma | |
| AAABG | |
| Thirty years of AAABG | 462 |
| Ian Franklin | |
| Posters | |
| Association of microsatellite markers and NRAMP1 gene with bovine tuberculosis traits in Zebu cattle | 468 |
| A. Ali, H.N. Kadarmideen, P. C. Thomson, C. Flury, B. Müller and J. Zinsstag | |
| The role of animal genetic improvement in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from beef cattle | 472 |
| P.F. Arthur, K.A. Donoghue, R.M. Herd and R.S. Hegarty | |
| Benefits of genetic superiority in residual feed intake in a large commercial feedlot | 476 |
| R.M. Herd, S. Piper, J.M. Thompson, P.F. Arthur, B. McCorkell and K.C.P. Dibley | |
| Meta-analysis of cross-bred progeny data for Australian terminal sire sheep | 480 |
| R.G. Banks, D.J. Brown and S.R. Field | |
| Evaluation of the Angus BREEDPLAN IMF% EBV in 100d-fed Angus x Hereford steer progeny | 484 |
| S.A. Barwick, D.J. Johnston, M.L. Wolcott, J.F. Wilkins and W.A. McKiernan | |
| Genetic parameters for feather weights of breeding ostriches | 488 |
| Z. Brand and S.W.P. Cloete | |
| Genetics of lamb survival: a study of Merino resource flocks in South Australia | 492 |
| F.D. Brien, M.L. Hebart, K.S. Jaensch, D.H. Smith and R.J. Grimson | |
| Meat quality in Merino ram hoggets | 496 |
| S.F. Walkom, F.D. Brien, M.L. Hebart, J.C. Greeff, D.L. Hopkins and W.S. Pitchford | |
| Genetics of wool colour in the South Australian selection demonstration flocks | 500 |
| M.L. Hebart and F.D. Brien | |
| Variation in sow health affects the information provided by lactation feed intake data | 504 |
| K.L. Bunter, C.R.G. Lewis and B.G. Luxford | |
| Complexities and strategies to identify the causative mutation responsible for single locus inherited diseases in livestock. | 508 |
| J.A.L. Cavanagh, I. Tammen and H.W. Raadsma. | |
| IGF-1 genotypes affect growth not tenderness in cattle | 512 |
| Lei Yao Chang, W.S. Pitchford and C.D.K. Bottema | |
| Is methane production likely to be a future Merino selection criterion? | 516 |
| D.J. Cottle, J.H.J. van der Werf and R.G. Banks | |
| Polymorphisms detected in the tyrosinase and matp (slc45a2) genes did not explain coat colour dilution in a sample of Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) | 520 |
| R. Cransberg and K.A. Munyard | |
| QTL analyses of beef muscle fibre type | 524 |
| N.G. Cullen, C.A. Morris, P.M. Dobbie, D.L. Hyndman and B.C. Thomson | |
| Leptin gene polymorphisms had no effects on open days and calving interval | 528 |
| H. Yazdani, H.R. Rahmani, M.A. Edris and E. Dirandeh | |
| Potential to double the number of cattle tested for residual feed intake | 532 |
| K.A. Donoghue, P.F. Arthur and R.M. Herd | |
| Fat distribution in Angus steers is related to residual feed intake estimated breeding value | 536 |
| A.R. Egarr. W.S. Pitchford. M.J. Bottema. R.M. Herd. J.P. Siddell. J.M. Thompson and C.D.K. Bottema | |
| Characterization of a human performance gene in the horse | 540 |
| N.A. Ellis, P.C. Thomson, R.R. Coomer, A.J. Forhead, M.J. Head, I. Tammen and H.W. Raadsma | |
| Targeted mapping of QTL on chromosomes 1 and 3 for parasite resistance in sheep | 544 |
| N.A. Ellis, S.A. Keyis, K.J. Fullard, D. Townley, D. Khatkar, G. Attard, K. Beh, D. Piedrafita and H.W. Raadsma | |
| Estimating heritability of subjectively assessed ostrich leather quality traits using threshold models | 548 |
| A. Engelbrecht, S.W.P. Cloete, K.L. Bunter and J.B. van Wyk | |
| Identification of a potential marker for absence of dark fibre in Vicugna pacos (Alpaca) | 552 |
| Natasha L. Feeley and Kylie A. Munyard | |
| Association of fibre diameter with wool colour in a South Australian selection flock | 556 |
| M.R. Fleet, K.R. Millington, D.H. Smith and R.J. Grimson | |
| A new system for collecting and processing phenotypic and genetic information from sheep for improved selection tools | 560 |
| K.G. Geenty, J.H.J. van der Werf, K.P. Gore, A.J. Ball and S. Gill | |
| Effect of the accuracy of an estimated QTL effect on response to Marker-Assisted Selection | 564 |
| N. Moghaddar and J.H.J. van der Werf | |
| A comparison of methods for genomic selection in Austrian dual purpose Simmental cattle | 568 |
| B. Gredler, K.G. Nirea, T.R. Solberg, C. Egger-Danner, T. Meuwissen and J. Soelkner | |
| Identification of sex specific DNA regions in the snake genome using a subtractive hybridization technique | 572 |
| R.P. Harris, D.M. Groth, J. Ledger and C.Y. Lee | |
| Merino ewes divergently selected for calm temperament have a greater concentration of immunoglobulin G in their colostrum than nervous ewes | 576 |
| K.W. Hart, C. Contou , M. Blackberry and D. Blache | |
| Survival of adult sheep is driven by longevity genes | 580 |
| S. Hatcher, K.D. Atkins and K.J. Thornberry | |
| Genetic association of net feed intake measured at two stages with insulin-like Growth Factor-I, growth and ultrasound scanned traits in Angus cattle | 584 |
| M.G. Jeyaruban, D.J. Johnston and H.-U. Graser | |
| Predicting energy balance in growing wethers and estimation of heritability for derived parameters | 588 |
| E. Jonas, P.C. Thomson, K.J. Fullard, C.A. Cavanagh and H.W. Raadsma | |
| Predicting energy balance in lactating ewes as a basis for QTL analysis | 592 |
| E. Jonas, P.C. Thomson, K.J. Fullard, D. McGill and H.W. Raadsma | |
| A comparison between sheep bred for worm resistance and unselected controls when exposed to low larval challenge during summer | 596 |
| K.E. Kemper, J.W.A. Larsen, S.C. Bishop, N. Anderson, M.E. Goddard, J.C. Greeff, R. Woodgate and L.J.E. Karlsson | |
| Breeder perspectives on fat and female management | 600 |
| S.J. Lee, I.K. Nuberg and W.S. Pitchford. | |
| Some consequences of selection for residual feed intake in beef cattle | 604 |
| D.S. Lines, M.L. Wolcott, W.S. Pitchford, C.D.K. Bottema, R.M. Herd and V.H. Oddy | |
| Survival analyses for length of productive life of Angus cows | 608 |
| Karin Meyer | |
| Imputation of missing genotypes in high density SNP data | 612 |
| G. Moser, M.S. Khatkar and H.W. Raadsma | |
| Preliminary results on the comparative performance of Holstein and Fleckvieh x Holstein dairy cows | 616 |
| C.J.C. Muller, J.A. Botha, S.W.P. Cloete and J.P Potgieter | |
| Isolation and characterisation of alpaca tetranucleotide microsatellite markers | 620 |
| K.A. Munyard, J.M. Ledger, C.Y. Lee, C. Babra and D.M. Groth | |
| A decade of Sheep Improvement Limited (SIL) | 624 |
| S-A.N. Newman, J.C. McMcEwan and M.J. Young | |
| Mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for muscularity in beef cattle | 628 |
| I. Novianti, W.S. Pitchford and C.D.K. Bottema | |
| Genetic relationships among lamb survival, birth coat score, birth weight and 42-day body weight in a South African fine wool Merino stud | 632 |
| W.J. Olivier, S.W.P. Cloete and A.C. Greyling | |
| Sheep selected for resistance to facial eczema disease also show higher tolerance to acetaminophen challenge | 636 |
| S.H. Phua, P. Johnstone, H. Henry, A. Findlay and C.A. Morris | |
| Mapping QTL for early growth and maternal performance in sheep | 640 |
| H.W. Raadsma, E. Jonas, K.R. Zenger, C.A. Cavanagh, M.K. Lam and P.C. Thomson | |
| Improving the accuracy of selecting animals for reduced methane emissions | 644 |
| D.L. Robinson | |
| Heritability of plasma concentrations of IGF-1 and its correlation with reproductive performance in Holstein cows in Victorian herds | 648 |
| T.E. Stirling, C.R. Stockdale and K.L. Macmillan | |
| Bioethics and DNA diagnostics in animals - are there lessons to be learned from genetic testing in humans? | 652 |
| I. Tammen and H.W. Raadsma | |
| QTL analysis of beef fat colour and the effect of BCDO2 | 656 |
| R. Tian, W.S. Pitchford and C.D.K. Bottema | |
| Genotype x Environment Interactions identified in Southern Australian Beef Production | 660 |
| S.L. Truran. M.P.B. Deland. M.L. Hebart. A.P. Verbyla and W.S. Pitchford. | |
| QTL mapping in multiple families using logistic regression | 664 |
| Y.D. Zhang and B. Tier | |
| Cattle residual feed intake candidate genes | 668 |
| N.A. Zulkifli M. Naik W.S. Pitchford C.D.K. Bottema | |