{"id":5410,"date":"2022-09-29T10:11:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T08:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qualitasag.ch\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2022-09-29T10:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T08:11:33","slug":"wcgalp-the-olympus-of-animal-breeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qualitasag.ch\/en\/wcgalp-the-olympus-of-animal-breeding\/","title":{"rendered":"WCGALP – the Olympus of animal breeding"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World <\/span>C<\/span>o<\/span>ngress<\/span> on <\/span>Genetics<\/span> Applied <\/span>to<\/span> Livestock <\/span>Production<\/span> (WCGALP) was <\/span>opened<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> presentation<\/span> \u201c<\/span>Measure<\/span>, <\/span>predict<\/span>, <\/span>act<\/span>; a <\/span>paradigm<\/span> of<\/span> genetics<\/span> applied<\/span> to<\/span> livestock <\/span>production<\/span> now<\/span> and <\/span>into<\/span> the<\/span> future<\/span>\u201d. This <\/span>presentation<\/span> summarized<\/span> the<\/span> whole<\/span> range<\/span> of<\/span> tasks<\/span> undertaken<\/span> by<\/span> livestock <\/span>geneticists<\/span>:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Measure<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

In <\/span>addition<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> production<\/span> traits<\/span> that<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> recorded<\/span> for<\/span> decades<\/span>, such <\/span>as<\/span> milk <\/span>yield<\/span> or<\/span> slaughter<\/span> performance<\/span>, <\/span>increasing<\/span> amounts<\/span> of<\/span> data<\/span> on <\/span>fertility<\/span>, <\/span>health<\/span> and <\/span>growth<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> recorded<\/span> in <\/span>recent<\/span> years<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>This information will continue to be important for breeding value estimation<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span>In the future however, traits that are difficult to collect, such as feed intake or methane emissions, will also be collected more frequently. In this way, breeding progress can be made for these traits. Technologies such as sensors or imaging methods (<\/span>e.g.<\/span> carcass scanners) help to record these traits. Such automated methods are primarily targeted <\/span><\/span><\/span>towards<\/span><\/span><\/span> data collection in breeding. However, one challenge of these new phenotypes will be the huge amount of data that needs to be processed efficiently.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Predict<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

T<\/span><\/span><\/span>hanks to genomic selection, hundreds of thousands to millions of genotypes have become available in the last decade. With the constant evolution of methodology and the technological development, even today with all this data, <\/span><\/span><\/span>estimated breeding values (EBVs)<\/span><\/span><\/span> with genomic information can be calculated in a reasonable time.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Act<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

In the future, breeders will have to pay even more attention to the development of decision support systems to ensure breeding progress or identify the risks of suboptimal performance. They can help improve EBVs by making data collection as accurate and complete as possible. The productivity and feeding of the world’s population remains very important. However, the interests of non-agricultural society must not be ignored. Otherwise, there is a risk that they will no longer understand the purpose of agriculture and thus livestock.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

The geneticists <\/span><\/span><\/span>at<\/span><\/span><\/span> Qualitas<\/span> AG have selected three topics that provide a<\/span><\/span><\/span>n in-depth insight into the current trends in animal breeding.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Methodology<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Genomics<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Development of new traits<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

The full range of developments and applications of single-step breeding value estimation were presented at the World Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Not only single genes and the choice of SNP markers were discussed, but also g<\/span><\/span><\/span>enomic inbreeding was again a major topic. Furthermore, possible causal variants for various traits were also presented.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The development of new traits happens mainly in the areas of functionality and environmental impact of our livestock. The most important keywords are health, fertility, feed efficiency and methane (CH<\/span><\/span><\/span>4<\/span><\/span><\/span>) emissions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

<\/i>More about methodology<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>More about genomics<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>More about development of new traits<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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Conclusion<\/h1>

However, it is worth <\/span>takin<\/span><\/span><\/span>g a look<\/span> at the whole program via the link above to learn more about the other interesting findings.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

<\/i>Link to the program and summary of the individual presentations<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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