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International Animal Improvement

International Animal Improvement. João Walter Dürr Interbull Centre Director Uppsala, Sweden. Organization Structure. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - SLU. ICAR. Interbull. Interbull Centre. Organization Structure. Interbull Members Business Meeting.

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International Animal Improvement

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  1. International Animal Improvement João Walter Dürr Interbull Centre Director Uppsala, Sweden

  2. Organization Structure Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - SLU ICAR Interbull ... ... InterbullCentre

  3. Organization Structure Interbull Members Business Meeting Steering Committee Scient. Adv. Committee Technical Committee InterbullCentre

  4. ICAR & Interbull members

  5. Interbull Objectives Non-profit organization • Communication: publications, meetings, workshops, homepage • Conduct R&D • Technology support to members • International genetic evaluations

  6. Interbull • Multiple-trait Across-Country Evaluation (MACE) • Two-step procedure • National breeding values calculated by each country • International breeding values calculated by Interbull

  7. Check of incoming data • Build a global pedigree file • Build a cross-reference file • Estimation of sire variance • Estimation of genetic correlations among countries • Estimation of sire variance • Prediction of international genetic merits • Post-evaluation Interbull Evaluation Process Routine run, 3 times/year Test run, 2 times/year

  8. Multiple-trait Across Country Evaluation (MACE) Multiple-trait sire model: yi = countryi + sirei + errori • Each country considered as different trait • Deregressed national genetic evaluation results as input

  9. MACE visualised Country A Bull A6 BullA3 BullB3 Country B Bull B6 Bull B5 Bull B3 Bull B1

  10. MACE visualised Country A Bull A6 BullA3 BullB3 Country B Bull B6 Bull B5 Bull B3 Bull B1

  11. International ranking MACE MACE visualised Country A Bull A6 BullA3 BullB3 Country A Bull A6 Bull A3 Bull B5 Bull B3 Bull B6 Bull B1 Country B Bull A6 Bull B6 Bull B5 Bull B3 Bull A3 Bull B1 Country B Bull B6 Bull B5 Bull B3 Bull B1

  12. Interbull Current Status • Administrative changes • Research projects • Future challenges • Upcoming events

  13. Interbull administrative changes • Streamlining • Project manager: Dr. Jarmo Juga, Finland • Business plan + documentation • Database • Beef • Dairy • Cooperation with Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut • Data editing and genetic evaluations • Review and optimize all codes and flows • Standardize file formats • Evaluation Package

  14. Interbull administrative changes • Communication • Improve dramatically links with industry • Simplify the message to dairymen • Amplify visibility of country members • Brand new web page • Comprehensive links • Educational material • Open discussion forums • More frequent newsletters • Services

  15. Interbull research projects • Interbeef • Charolais, Simmental • France, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway • INRA • Animal Model Pedigree • Multiple Trait Effective daughter contributions (MT-EDC) • CDN – Pete Sullivan • Calving traits – Hossein Jorjani • Variance components estimation for MACE • MTT Agrifood Research, Finland

  16. Interbull future challenges • Genomic international evaluations • Interbull Task Force • International Workshop • Interbull Strategic Planning • Interbeef • Service/routine evaluations • New breeds, countries • Methodologies • Genomics • Cloning • Monitoring genetic diversity

  17. Interbull upcoming events • International Workshop • Genomic Information in Genetic Evaluations • January 26-29, 2009 • SLU - Uppsala, Sweden • Annual Meeting • EAAP • August 21-23, 2009 • Barcelona, Spain

  18. Congratulations, AIPL! Joao.Durr@Hgen.SLU.se

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