Date: Sunday, January 12, 2014
Time: 8:00 AM-12:40 PM
Room: San Diego
Organizer:
Kristi M. Cammack
8:40 AM
Genetic Diversity and Differentially Selected Regions Among 5 Common U.S. Sheep Breeds
Michelle R. Mousel, USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research;
Lifan Zhang, Nanjing Agricultural University;
Xiaolin Wu, Bayer CropScience;
Jennifer Michal, Washington State University;
Xiang Zhou, Washington State University;
Bo Ding, Washington State University;
Michael Dodson, Washington State University;
Nermin El-Halawany, National Research Center of Egypt;
Gregory Lewis, Journal of Animal Science;
Zhihua Jiang, Washington State University
9:00 AM
Genotypes within Cellular Growth and Cell Cycle Processes Associated with Feed Efficiency in Sheep
Rebecca Cockrum, Colorado State University;
Kathleen J. Austin, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming;
Robert H. Stobart, University of Wyoming;
Natalie K. Pickering, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
Milton Thomas, Colorado State University;
John C. McEwan, AgResearch Ltd. Invermay Agricultural Centre;
Kristi M. Cammack, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming
9:40 AM
Exploratory Analysis of Genetic Variants Underlying Body Temperature in Beef Cattle
Matt L. Spangler, University of Nebraska - Lincoln;
Jeremy T. Howard, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
Stephen D. Kachman, University of Nebraska - Lincoln;
Daniel C. Ciobanu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
Larry A. Kuehn, US Meat Animal Research Center;
Merlyn K. Nielsen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
Terry L. Mader, Haskell Ag. Lab., Northeast Research and Extension Center
10:30 AM
Transcriptomics of High Altitude Disease
Angela Cánovas, University of California-Davis;
Alma Islas-Trejo, University of California-Davis;
Kurt Stenmark, University of Colorado-Denver;
Dale Brown, University of Colorado-Denver;
Milton Thomas, Colorado State University;
Rebecca Cockrum, Colorado State University;
Juan F. Medrano, University of California-Davis
10:50 AM
An Evaluation of the Differences in the Rumen Transcriptome Among Beef Steers with Extreme Feed Efficiency Phenotypes
Amanda K. Lindholm-Perry, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Rebecca J. Kern, University of Wyoming;
Larry A. Kuehn, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Jeremy R. Miles, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Harvey C. Freetly, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Warren M. Snelling, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center;
Paul A. Ludden, University of Wyoming
11:30 AM
Comparison Between Sheep and Diary Cattle GWAS for Methane Emissions
Natalie K. Pickering, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
Eileen Wall, Sustainable Livestock Systems Group, SRUC;
Georgios Banos, Sustainable Livestock Systems Group, SRUC;
Cesar Pinares-Patino, Grasslands Research Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
Benoit Auvray, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
Ken G. Dodds, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
John McEwan, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd
11:50 AM
Combining Bioinformatics and Statistical Modeling to Understand the Ecology of the Rumen Microbial Ecosystem in Sheep
Melinda Ellison, University of Wyoming;
Gavin Conant, Informatics Institute, University of Missouri;
Rebecca Cockrum, Colorado State University;
Kathleen J. Austin, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming;
Huan Truong, University of Missouri;
Michela Becchi, University of Missouri;
William R. Lamberson, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri;
Kristi M. Cammack, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming
