Performance recording of animals State of the art, 2002: Proceedings of the 33rd Biennial Session of ICAR, Interlaken, Switzerland May 26 - 31, 2002 PDF
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Performance recording of animals State of the art, 2002 EAAP publication No. 107, 2003 Interlaken, Switzerland May 26 - 31, 2002 Proceedings of the 33rd Biennial Session of ICAR Performance recording of animals State of the art, 2002 The EAAP series is published under the direction of Dr. P. Rafai ICAR – International Committee for Animal Recording ASR – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schweizerischer Rinderzüchter EAAP – European Association for Animal Production The organisation of the The sponsors of the ICAR Session session was made possible by: and the Interbull Meeting: Organizing Committee: • Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland President: • Caisley International, Germany Hans Künzi • CSC Switzerland, Switzerland • Foss Electric, Denmark Members: • Swiss Association for Artificial Insemination, Madeleine Berweger Baschnagel Switzerland Joseph Crettenand • Municipality of Interlaken, Switzerland Marcel Frey • Migros Cooperative, Switzerland Jürg Moll • Novartis Animal Health, Switzerland Silvia Wegmann • Switzerland Cheese Marketing AG, Ulrich Witschi Switzerland • WMB AG, Switzerland Secretary: • Working Community of Swiss Cattle Beat Tanner Breeders, Switzerland The European Association for Animal Production wishes to express its appreciation to the Ministero per le Politiche Agricole e Forestaliand the Associazione Italiana Allevatorifor their valuable support of its activities Performance recording of animals State of the art, 2002 Proceedings of the 33rd Biennial Session of ICAR, Interlaken, Switzerland May 26 - 31, 2002 EAAP publication No. 107 Editors Joseph Crettenand, Juerg Moll, Cesare Mosconi and Silvia Wegmann WWaaggeenniinnggeenn AAccaaddeemmiicc PPPP uuuu bbbbb llll iiii ssssss hhhh eeeeee rrrr ssssss This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned. Nothing from this publication may be translated, reproduced, stored in a computerised system or published in any form or in any manner, including electronic, mechanical, reprographic or photographic, without prior written permission from the publisher, Wageningen Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 220, 6700 AE Wageningen, the Netherlands, ISBN: 978-90-76998-16-9 www.WageningenAcademic.com e-ISBN: 978-90-8686-511-6 DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-511-6 The individual contributions in this publication and any liabilities arising from them remain the responsibility of the authors. ISSN 0071-2477 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do Subject headings: not imply the expression of any opinion ICAR whatsoever on the part of the European Performance recording of animals Association for Animal Production concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the First published, 2003 delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The publisher is not responsible for possible © Wageningen Academic Publishers damages, which could be a result of content The Netherlands, 2003 derived from this publication. Table of contents Page Opening Opening speech by the President...............................................................................................3 The President’s report on the activities of ICAR since the last session.........................................5 J. Crettenand Technical Session 1: Keynote Presentations Cattle breeding in Switzerland.................................................................................................13 Summary of Markus Zemp’s speech Classical performance recording and marker selection .............................................................19 K.A. Weigel Performance recording in developing countries: an overview ....................................................25 K.R. Trivedi Performance recording: different strategies and breeders’ needs...............................................41 D.A. Funk Does breeding for high milk yield mean breeding for more health problems...............................47 B. Heringstad, G. Klemetsdal & T. Steine Parallel Technical Session 2.1: Use of Data from Permanent Milk Recording and Automatic Milking Systems for Official Performance Recording Milk recording and automatic milking systems: simplification by reducing the daily time test from 24 to 12 hours..............................................................57 N. Bouloc, V. Dervishi & J. Delacroix Methods to estimate 24-hour yields for milk, fat and protein in robotic milking herds ....................................................................................65 D. Lazenby, E. Bohlsen, K. J. Hand, D.F. Kelton, F. Miglior & K.D. Lissemore Electronic dataflow between a dairy farm and the central recording system. Practical experience in using data from milk meters (standard and robot) for milk recording....................................................73 H.J. Van der Beek Milk recording in herds with daily milk measurement and/or robotic milking: The Finnish solution.........................................................................79 J. Kyntäjä & S. Tommila Experiences in carrying out milk recording with milking robots (AMS)......................................83 H. Jürgens Transformation of AMS records to 24-hour equivalents...........................................................87 A. Buenger, T. Pasman, E. Bohlsen & F. Reinhardt Parallel Technical Session 2.2: National Animal Tracing Database and Their Use for Breeding Purposes Utilisation of the French national animal tracing system by breeder organisations.......................97 E. Rehben, L. Marguin & B. Piednoir Swiss Animal Tracing Database: Set-up, experiences and objectives for the future..................101 F. Schmitz-Hsu National animal tracing databases and their use for breeding purposes....................................105 D. Evans Übernahme von Meldedaten (VVVO) in die Milchleistungsprüfung........................................107 K. Kuwan & E. Bohlsen Tissue Database: The basis for tracing of origin......................................................................113 R. Porzig Tissue bank: A basis for future breeding strategies..................................................................117 C.-St. Schäfer, K.-U. Götz & R. Reents Parallel Technical Session 3.1: Performance Recording of Beef Traits Use of commercial slaughterhouse data in beef cattle breeding ...............................................123 C. Stricker, M. Berweger, Y. Schleppi & R. Schwager-Suter Prospects for an international beef breeds genetic evaluation system and the implications for ICAR. A view from users..................................................131 J.-N. Bonnet The ICAR questionnaire for beef recording. Statistics and trends ...........................................135 L. Journaux, H. J. Schild & A. Grogan First experiences with an across country genetic evaluation system for beef cattle ...................139 A. Reverter, D.J. Johnston & H.-U. Graser Heteroskedasticity and genotype by environment interaction across European countries for weaning weight in Charolais breed.................................................147 R. Quintanilla, D. Laloë & G. Renand New developments in beef recording (and its possible benefits)..............................................151 J. van der Westhuizen, L Bergh & A. Grogan Parallel Technical Session 3.2: Recording of Functional Traits: State of the Art and Alternatives Systems Recording disease and reproductive events in dairy cattle for developing national health and fertility selection indices......................................................157 H.N. Kadarmideen IT Solutions for disease surveillance and management in New Zealand...................................163 D. Hayes & M. Jeffries Standards of recording management, health and fertility information........................................171 R.J. Esslemont & M.A. Kossaibati PocketDairy: Dairy herd management software for the palm computer ...................................185 D.W. Webb, P.A. Dukas & J.S. Clay Organisation of recording and control of data used in France to evaluate calving ease and birth weight in dairy and beef cattle........................................189 L. Journaux, H. Ledos, M. Mathevon, S. Mattalia & O. Leudet Associations between milkability and udder health on the basis of LactoCorder-data from milk recorded farms in Bavaria........................................193 J. Duda Technical Session 4: Presentation of ICAR Sub-Committees, Task Force and Working Groups ICAR Sub-Committees, Task Force and Working Groups ....................................................199 A. Rosati Report of the Sub-Committee on Animal Identification...........................................................209 R. Pauw Animal Recording Data Working Group................................................................................217 F. Armitage Report of the ICAR Sub-Committee on Milk Meters and Jars...............................................221 A. Rosati Report of the ICAR Working Group on Lactation Calculation Methods. Review and update of guidelines for milk recording............................................227 F. Miglior, S. de Roos, Z. Liu, M. Mathevon, A. Rosati, L.R. Schaeffer & P. VanRaden ICAR Working Group on Milk Testing Laboratories. Biennial report of activities in 2000-2001..........................................................................233 O. Leray Report of the Chairperson of the ICAR Conformation Working Group ..................................239 D. Hewitt
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