Programme

9 September 2008 (Satellite meetings, held in Golf Hotel, Viborg)

SABRETRAIN: 13:00-16:30 (Closed meeting - SABRETRAIN participants only)
WP1: 17:00-19:00 (Closed meeting - SABRE WP1 participants only)
WP6: 16:00-19:00 (Closed meeting - SABRE WP6 participants only)
WP8: 16:00-18:00 (Closed meeting - SABRE WP8 participants only)
WP9: 16:00-18:00 (Closed meeting - SABRE WP9 participants only)

10 September 2008

09:00-11:35  Session 1:  Welfare, Quality and Technological Advances

Topic of presentation (click on highlighted titles to see PDF versions of the presentations)	Speaker
Welcome	Just Jensen, Dean - University of Aarhus, Denmark
SABRE update and introduction	Chris Warkup - Genesis Faraday Partnership/SABRE Coordinator, UK
Issues of the complexity of the human genome	Niels Tommerup - Wilhelm Johanssen Centre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Contribution of epigenetics to genomic  variability  in domestic species : which evidences? - Can epigenetics  become a covariable in breeding?	Jean-Paul Renard - INRA, France
DNA methylation status of nuclear tranfer and twin cows	Beatrice de Montera - INRA, France
Ethical aspects of Animal Breeding	Kate Millar - Centre for Applied Bioethics, University of Nottingham, UK

11:35-17:30  Session 2: Behaviour and Robustness

Topic of presentation  (click on highlighted titles to see PDF versions of the presentations)	Speaker
Genetics and genomics of behavioural traits related to domestication and welfare	Per Jensen - Linköping University, Sweden
Genetics and aggressive behaviour, welfare and product quality issues	Rick D’Eath - SAC, UK
Genetics and genomics of biological stress responses as related to product quality and welfare	Pierre Mormède - INRA, France
Multidimensional study of behavioural reactivity in sheep	Ivan Dimitrov Ivanov - Research Institute of Agricultural Science, Bulgaria
Applying genetics to welfare; a pragmatic approach	Egbert Knol - Institute for Pig Genetics, Netherlands
Genetic improvement of robustness	Roel Veerkamp - ASG-Lelystad, Netherlands
Experimental E. coli mastitis in dairy cows with a high and low QTL-susceptibility to E. coli mastitis: Design & results	Christine Røntved - University of Aarhus, Denmark
Combining QTL and gene expression studies to understand the genetics of mastitis susceptibility	Peter Sørensen - University of Aarhus, Denmark
Functional genome analysis of fertility in cattle reproduction	Dawit Tesfaye - University of Bonn, Germany

17:30-19:00  Session 3: Poster session and wine reception

20:00  Conference Dinner in Golf Salon next to the lakes in Viborg

11 September 2008

09:00-12:30  Session 4: Welfare, Quality, productivity; are they compatible?

Topic of presentation  (click on highlighted titles to see PDF versions of the presentations)	Speaker
Interaction of pigs and chickens with their environment and zoonotic disease	Tom Humphrey - University of Bristol, UK
Results of SABRE boar taint association study	Alan Archibald - The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK
Genetics and genomics of boar taint – ongoing research in Norway	Eli Grindflek - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
The genomic region responsible for E. coli F4ab/ac susceptibility in pigs: Characterization and Application	Claus B. Jørgensen - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
QTL for eggshell quality	Johanna Vilkki - MTT Agrifood Research, Finland
Quality improvements – implementation in practice	Gary Evans - Genus Ltd, UK
Discussion
Closure

14:00-17:00  OMG meeting (OMG members only)
17:00-17:30  Board meeting  (Board members only)