Sustainable Animal Breeding
SABRE Launch and First Conference
12th and 13th September 2006
Royal Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, UK, EH1 1JF

 The SABRE Launch and First Conference took place on Tuesday 12th September and Wednesday 13th September 2006.  It was held together with the Annual meetings of Genesis Faraday and EFFAB on the theme of "Sustainable Animal Breeding".

Tuesday 12th September

14:40 – 15:00 Official SABRE Launch Laurent Bochereau (European Commision, Brussels) 15:00 – 15:30 Sustainability Issues in Agriculture Adrian Williams (Cranfield University, UK) 15:30 – 16:00 An Overview of SABRE Chris Warkup (Genesis Faraday, UK)

 Wednesday 13th September

Session 1 - some of the science of SABRE (login required to download presentations)

09:00 - 09:30            Understanding the Role of Epigenetics in Livestock Traits
                               Jean Paul Renard (INRA, France)

09:30 - 10:00            Gut Health and Zoonoses 
                               Annemarie Rebel (ASG-Lelystad, Netherlands)

10:00 - 10:30            Milk Production Traits and the Mammary Gland
                               Liz Glass (Roslin Institute, UK)

10:30 - 11:00            Dairy Cow Fertility
                               Bonne Beerda (ASG-Lelystad, Netherlands)

Session 2 - Getting involved in SABRE

11:00 - 11:30            Training Opportunities
                               Carol Didcock (Genesis Faraday, UK)

11:30 - 11:40            Opportunities for Women
                                Elisabetta Giuffra, (Parco Tecnologico Padano, Italy)

11:40 - 11:50            Participants from new Accession Countries   
                               Toine Roozen, (Genesis Faraday, UK)

11:50 - 12:00            Involvement from Industry
                               Chris Warkup (Genesis Faraday, UK)