Volume 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production


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“Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Armidale, Australia, January 11-16, 1998. Volume 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, p. xv + 506 pp., 1998.
R. Webb, Driancourt, M. A., and Hanrahan, J. P., “Ovulation rate in the ewe: mechanisms underlying genetic variation.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 3–10, 1998. (365.39 KB)
A. L. Vincent, Evans, G., Short, T. H., Southwood, O. I., Plastow, G. S., Tuggle, C. K., and Rothschild, M. F., “The prolactin receptor gene is associated with increased litter size in pigs.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 15–18, 1998. (194.01 KB)
P. le Neindre, Murphy, P. M., Boissy, A., Purvis, I. W., Lindsay, D., Orgeur, P., Bouix, J., and Bibé, B. O., “Genetics of maternal ability in cattle and sheep.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 23–30, 1998. (383.96 KB)
S. W. P. Cloete, Olivier, J. J., and Scholtz, A. J., “Aspects of lambing and neonatal behaviour of dual-purpose sheep.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 39–42, 1998. (192.27 KB)
N. M. Fogarty and Gilmour, A. R., “Effect of season on lambing performance of selection and control flock ewes tested in an 8-monthly lambing system.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 55–58, 1998. (203.75 KB)
H. Hanada, Onishi, A., Takeda, K., and Geshi, M., “Effect of the 7/21 Robertsonian translocation on fertility in Japanese Black cattle.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 75–78, 1998. (208.98 KB)
A. E. Eknath, Dey, M. M., Rye, M., Gjerde, B., Abella, T. A., Sevilleja, R., Tayamen, M. M., Reyes, R. A., and Bentsen, H. B., “Selective breeding of Nile tilapia from Asia.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 89–96, 1998. (400.57 KB)
J. A. H. Benzie, “Genetic improvement of prawns.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 103–110, 1998. (364.81 KB)
M. J. R. Pante, Gjerde, B., and McMillan, I., “Inbreeding levels and inbreeding depression in a farmed population of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 119–122, 1998. (237.4 KB)
E. W. Brascamp, Groen, A. F., de Boer, I. J. M., and Udo, H., “The effect of environmental factors on breeding goals.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 129–136, 1998. (389.57 KB)
S. J. Eady, “Worm resistance in a Merino breeding objective - influence of genetic correlations between resistance and production traits.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 141–144, 1998. (261.04 KB)
R. R. Woolaston, “Breeding livestock for reduced reliance on chemicals.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 145–152, 1998. (331.11 KB)
R. L. Teodoro, Lemos, A. M., and Madalena, F. E., “Effect of tick (Boophilus microplus) infestations on milk yield of Bos taurus/Bos indicus crosses.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 177–180, 1998. (236.79 KB)
L. A. Fries, “Matching genetics to tropical production systems for beef cattle: some approaches applied in Brazil.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 187–194, 1998. (469.08 KB)
F. E. Madalena, “Hybrid F1B. indicus * B. taurus dairy cattle production in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 199–202, 1998. (258.17 KB)
D. L. Harris, “Environmental support of increased genetic performance for intensively managed livestock.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 207–214, 1998. (838.08 KB)
R. M. Bourdon and Enns, R. M., “Physiological breeding values: rethinking the way we express genetic values for improving production systems.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 227–234, 1998. (365.56 KB)
M. A. Okoma, Rege, J. E. O., Teale, A., and Hanotte, O., “Genetic characterization of indigenous East African cattle breeds using microsatellite DNA markers.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 243–246, 1998. (194.59 KB)
B. A. Mallard, Wilkie, B. N., Kennedy, B. W., Gibson, J. P., and Quinton, M., “Immune responsiveness in swine: eight generations of selection for high and low immune response in Yorkshire pigs.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 257–264, 1998. (480.43 KB)
J. - M. Elsen, Khang, J. V. T., Schelcher, F., Amigues, Y., Eychenne, F., Poivey, J. P., Lantier, F., and Laplanche, J. L., “A scrapie epidemic in a closed flock of Romanov.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 269–272, 1998. (205.63 KB)
S. H. Phua, Dodds, K. G., Morris, C. A., Towers, N. R., and Crawford, A. M., “Antioxidant enzymes as candidate genes for disease resistance in sheep facial eczema.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 273–276, 1998. (188.7 KB)
A. J. van der Zijpp, “Genetics of resistance to disease in an ecological context.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 277–282, 1998. (247.35 KB)
S. I. Mortimer, Atkins, K. D., and Raadsma, H. W., “Responses to selection for resistance and susceptibility to fleece rot and body strike in Merino sheep.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 283–286, 1998. (209.38 KB)
K. MacKenzie and Bishop, S. C., “A genetic epidemiological model of pig disease resistance.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 287–290, 1998. (260.86 KB)
S. C. Bishop and Stear, M. J., “Modelling genetic and epidemiological relationships between productivity and nematode infection in lambs.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 291–294, 1998. (184.14 KB)
C. A. Morris, “Response to selection for disease resistance in sheep and cattle in New Zealand and Australia.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 295–302, 1998. (385.95 KB)
M. J. Stear, Strain, S., and Bishop, S. C., “The mechanisms underlying genetic resistance to Ostertagia circumcincta.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 303–306, 1998. (172.39 KB)
C. R. Wagner and Hohenboken, W. D., “Reproduction, when fed toxic or non-toxic diets during continuous cohabitation, of mice selected for response to fescue toxicosis.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 307–310, 1998. (238.07 KB)
C. A. Donnelly, Ferguson, N. M., Ghani, A. C., and Anderson, R. M., “Genetically determined susceptibility to feed-borne infection with bovine spongiform encephalopathy: analysis of a cohort study and dam identification data.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 311–314, 1998. (166 KB)
Y. D. Zhang, Gray, G. D., and Crook, B. J., “Genetic enhancement of resistance to gastrointestinal worm infection in crossbred maternal genotypes used for meat sheep production in Australia.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 315–318, 1998. (210.8 KB)
H. W. Raadsma, MacDonald, P. A., Attard, G., Wright, C. S., Knowler, K. J., Beattie, A. E., Dodds, K. G., McEwan, J. C., and Crawford, A. M., “Genetic markers and vaccine response to immunologically defined foot rot (Dichelobacter nodosus) antigens in sheep.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 327–330, 1998. (201.01 KB)
N. Yonash, Bacon, L. D., Witter, R. L., and Cheng, H. H., “Developing recombinant congenic strains (RCS) in chickens as a tool to study genetic resistance to Marek's disease (MD).”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 331–334, 1998. (255.01 KB)
J. C. McEwan and Kerr, R. J., “Further evidence that major genes affect host resistance to nematode parasites in Coopworth sheep.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 335–338, 1998. (191.75 KB)
A. B. F. Andrade, da Silva, R. G., Costa, A. J., Rocha, U. F., and Landim, V. J. C., “Genetic and environmental aspects of the resistance of Zebu cattle to the tick Boophilus microplus.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 339–342, 1998. (259.92 KB)
B. Castiglioni, Comincini, S., Drisaldi, B., Motta, T., Marchitelli, C., Valentini, A., Pagnacco, G., Leone, P., and Ferretti, L., “Physical mapping of the prion genes in cattle, sheep and man by fluorescence in situ hybridisation.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 343–346, 1998. (643.73 KB)
K. M. Charon, Moskwa, B., Cabaj, W., and Olech, W., “Genetic resistance of sheep to natural infection with gastrointestinal nematode.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 347–350, 1998. (292.99 KB)
N. N. Kochnev, Petukhov, V. L., Korotkova, G. N., Geyko, N. I., and Telezhenko, E. V., “Hereditary determination of cattle to extremity diseases.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 351–353, 1998. (131.03 KB)
S. G. Kulikova, Petukhov, V. L., Panov, B. L., and Kochneva, M. L., “The influence of radiation on immune reactivity and cytogenetic status of Simmental cows.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 354–357, 1998. (192.27 KB)
V. G. Marenkov, Petukhov, V. L., and Kochnev, N. N., “The role of phagocytosis in mastitis resistance in dairy cows.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 358–360, 1998. (170.03 KB)
J. E. Melo, Scigliano, F., Mundo, S., Miquel, M. C., Mallo, G. O., and Fernandez, P. J., “Humoral and cellular immunocompetence in two poultry strains fed different protein content diets.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 361–364, 1998. (248.9 KB)
V. L. Petukhov, Kochnev, N. N., Panov, B. L., Korotkevich, O. S., Kulikova, S. G., and Marenkov, V. G., “Genetics of cattle resistance to tuberculosis.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 365–366, 1998. (102.25 KB)
E. V. Telezhenko, Marenkov, V. G., Gejko, N. L., Kochnev, N. N., and Petuchov, V. L., “The relationship between pre-vaccination antibodies level and longevity of dairy cows in West Siberia.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 367–369, 1998. (124.31 KB)
M. Tixier-Boichard, Monvoisin, J. L., Morisson, M., Coville, J. L., le Coq, H., and Guittet, M., “The endogenous viral gene ALVE6 does not affect resistance to Marek's disease in Fayoumi chickens.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 370–373, 1998. (199.7 KB)
V. I. Ustinova, Makeyeva, T. V., Ufimtseva, N. S., and Dementyeva, T. V., “Biochemical and breeding aspects of cow resistance to mastitis.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 374–375, 1998. (89.86 KB)
M. Bakken, Vangen, O., and Rauw, W. M., “Biological limits to selection and animal welfare.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 381–388, 1998. (417.64 KB)
P. Koene, “Cannibalism in extensive poultry keeping: interfacing genetics and welfare.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 393–400, 1998. (355.39 KB)
B. L. Golden, “The World Wide Web: HTML, CGI and JAVA applications in animal breeding.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 409–414, 1998. (240.62 KB)
J. K. Bertrand and Wiggans, G. R., “Validation of data and review of results from genetic evaluation systems for US beef and dairy cattle.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 425–432, 1998. (337.68 KB)
D. L. Robinson, “Tree breeding.”, vol. 27: Reproduction; fish breeding; genetics and the environment; genetics in agricultural systems; disease resistance; animal welf, pp. 485–506, 1998.