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News archive

Rainbow trout breeding will be targeted different production environments in the world

- Research

With the use of genomic selection, Danish researchers will target their breeding of rainbow trout towards adaptations to different production…

Super grass to increase cow milk production and reduce methane emissions

- Research

A research team is working on optimising grass species that will reduce cow burps, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions – in addition to increasing…

Gareth Difford wins Young Scientist Award

- People

PhD student Gareth Difford won "the young scientist award" for best talk in the Genetics Commission at this year EAAP conference in Belfast.

Improved breeding value assessment for reproductive performance in dairy cows

- Research

The routine breeding value assessment for reproductive performance in Denmark and Sweden may be improved by means of activity-based fertility traits.…

Breeding confident mink has side benefits

- Research

When you select for confident mink in the breeding programme, you also get a better fur quality according to a study from Aarhus University. The study…

Jan Lassen vice-president in European commission

- People

Jan Lassen from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, QGG, has been elected as vice-president in the research commission of the European…

Towards low-impact high-yielding cows

- Research

Burps, behaviour, blood and milk are some of the traits that can give us an indication of how efficient and eco-friendly a cow is. Scientists at…

The effect of pig pen mates to be included in breeding programmes

- Research

Information about pigs' pen mates, advanced statistical models and genomic methods are some of the tools that researchers will use in a research…

SOBcows: Breeding for organic dairy production

- Research

A new project is set to benefit organic dairy production, partly by developing breeds of cows that are better suited to organic production and partly…

Cattle code cracked in detail

- Research

The cattle genome has now been mapped to a hitherto unknown degree of detail. This constitutes a quantum leap for research into the history and…

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Event archive

British Society of Animal Science - Annual Conference 2018

9 Apr
3 days, Monday 9 April 2018, at 08:00 - 11 April Dublin, Ireland

How can the livestock sector best use technology, research and innovation to meet the increasing global challenge of sustainable food production? …

PhD defence

16 Mar
Friday 16 March 2018, at 13:00 The auditorium, Aarhus University Foulum

On Friday 16. March, PhD student at MBG-QGG Foulum, Larissa Zetouni, will defend her thesis entitled 'Opportunities to select for low methane emitting…

MBG Departmental meeting

5 Mar
Monday 5 March 2018, at 10:30 Meeting room 2, Foulum

QGG internal meeting

28 Feb
Wednesday 28 February 2018, at 10:00 NJ Fjords Palæ, Foulum

SEGES Cattle Congress

26 Feb
2 days, Monday 26 February 2018, at 08:00 - 27 February

The cattle congress is the annual gathering for cattle farmers, researchers, decision makers and stakeholder organisations in and around the cattle…

WCGALP - The World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production

11 Feb
6 days, Sunday 11 February 2018, at 08:00 - 16 February

The congress is the premier conference for researchers and professionals involved in genetic improvement of livestock. Delegates from around the world…

2018 Interbull meeting

10 Feb
3 days, Saturday 10 February 2018, at 08:00 - 12 February

The 2018 Interbull Annual Meeting will be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 10-12 February 2018 in conjunction with the 41st ICAR biennial session…

Annual ICAR Meeting

7 Feb
5 days, Wednesday 7 February 2018, at 08:00 - 11 February Auckland, New Zealand

The annual ICAR meeting 2018 is held in combination with the 2018 WCGALP conference.

SEGES plant congres 2018 (in collaboration with DCA et al.)

16 Jan
Tuesday 16 January 2018, at 08:00 Herning, Denmark

XXVI Plant and Animal Genome meeting, San Diego, CA

13 Jan
5 days, Saturday 13 January 2018, at 08:00 - 17 January San Diego, CA (USA)

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Jette Odgaard Villemoes