British Livestock Genetics





Latest News			Opportunities in the genetics of cattle health and beef production.
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[11 Feb 07] Animal welfare in transport: new EU rules enter into force [5 Jan 07] Opportunities in the genetics of cattle health and beef production [4 Jan 07] Charolais genetics exported down under [11 Dec 06] British Charolais makes breed debut in Romania [17 Oct 06] Counting sheep - UK/USA [08 Oct 06] Boom Time for British Breeding Pig Exports [06 Oct 06] New Pig Centre Links Farm to Lab [06 Oct 06] Encouraging signs from UK Pig Census [09 Sept 06] New semen sexing technology [06 Sept 06] WeideFestival - First steps back into Europe [21 August 06] Expointer And 100 Years of Devons in Brazil [10 August 06] First British Charolais & Limousin semen exported to Mexico [10 August 06] JSR plays a major role in Polish pig expansion [7 August 06] Limousins are first British cattle into Poland [7 August 06] Aberdeen-Angus export breakthroughs [29 June 06] Gene markers boost performance [21 June 06] Tiger economy in sheep's clothing [20 June 06] Strong Start for English Beef Exports [6 June 06] Facts at your fingertips! [22 May 06] Beefing up exports to Switzerland [3 May 06] Tally-ho! Sensible eco-friendly tallow decision [27 Apr 06] Danish breeding pig exports up 15% in 2004/05 [24 Apr 06] There's animal welfare UK style or other styles [21 Mar 06] BSE: UK beef embargo to be lifted. [08 Mar 06] UK venture targets pigs in the east [27 Feb 06] Cogent Sexed Semen - A globally proven product [21 Feb 06] Meat imports drop in UK as production soars [09 Feb 06] Nice, if you can get it! [17 Jan 06] Newdawn for the British pig industry [13 Jan 06] SWALEX Success as Cumbrian sheep arrive in Estonia [22 Dec 05] British Global Genetic Giants to merge [29 Oct 05] Cattle exports going well for European countries [29 Oct 05] Birth Data Highlight Beef Herd Changes [8 July 05] Semen Exports’ £7 million boom [3 July 05] Britbreed joins forces with CBS Technologies under the umbrella of Innovis™ [14 June 05] Sympa and Goldies Terence arrive in Oz, and more Opera [6 June 05] Firsts for British rare breeds pigs [27 May 05] Genus reopens Brazil’s door to cattle semen exports [25 Apr 05] National UK Dairy database launched for performance & welfare improvement [21 Apr 05] Red faces? No, yet more sheep breeding developments in Britain! [18 Apr 05] British Pig Association Active in Asia [15 Apr 05] UK now a moderate risk BSE area [22 Mar 05] British Ambience draws international crowds at SIA [22 Mar 05] Onwards in Black and White [21 Mar 05] Livestock Links Forged with distant Nagaland [11 Mar 05] New UK dairy genetics testing programme for "Grazing Kings" [13 Jan 05] Beef and lamb sales in Britain soar [21 Jan 05] Nice Limousin calves Downunder! [14 Dec 04] Fourth proven Montbeliarde joins Genus stud [13 Dec 04] Dream team for Charollais sires [24 Nov 04] Bull prices follow performance, yet again! [2 Nov 04] Click on any of the news stories above for further information			The results of the Roslin Institute’s Bovine Genome Mapping Programme (RoBoGen) are now available and collaboration with interested parties by way of licence agreement or joint venture and/or technical collaboration is now sought. (The world-famous Roslin Research Institute is situated near Edinburgh, Scotland - www.roslin.ac.uk ) In general terms the project and the results can be summarised as follows: A cross-bred herd of cattle was bred from diverse purebred Holstein and Charolais founders Over 500 second generation cross-bred animals were produced A panel of markers was assembled with an average interval of 20 cM The F0, F1 and second generation cross bred animals were genotyped with the marker panel. Animals were recorded for management, feed intake and immune traits while growing and for meat quality traits post slaughter A QTL analysis of carcase and meat traits identified 122 QTL with chromosome-wide significance, of which 28 QTL had genome-wide significance. Analysis of immune related traits identified 64 QTL with chromosome-wide significance of which 6 QTL showed genome-wide significance Polymorphisms within a candidate gene were found to be associated with feed intake and fatness traits. Further work will be required to fine map and confirm whether the QTL identified are segregating in other (commercial) cattle populations. Information produced in this project provides the starting point to identify the functional differences in genes underlying the QTL responsible for variations in traits important for beef production. A detailed report on the results from the RoBoGen is available to interested parties subject to the completion of an appropriate Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement. For further information and to express interest in the opportunity please contact Professor Charlotte Maltin, Science and Innovation Manager, Quality Meat Scotland, email: cmaltin@qmscotland.co.uk [4 Jan 07]