Collaborative project: FUGATO-plus - GENE-FL - Genetic Foundations foundation of stability for beef, pork, horse and sheep; subprojects Bonn: Analysis of associations, couplings and effects and phenotype characterization and expression analysis of selected functional candidate genes in pigs
Description:
Diseases of the foundation have at the farm cattle, pigs, sheep and horse impact on the business success and welfare of animals. The main problems in the four species are the Laminitis (beef), osteochondrosis (pig, horse) and Moderhinke (sheep) . For all diseases can be a partial genetic predisposition shall be subject. The aim of the project is the identification of candidate genes or single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and their association with the occurrence of diseases foundation. To realize are positional and functional, innovative methods used (particularly SNP Array analysis). The phenomenon and genotyping include: - Beef: Mouth findings (2000 erstlaktierende cows), including weights, body condition, back fat thickness, mouth horn morphology. More sample: Linear description for daughters of 2000 insemination bulls. - Pork: 300 F2 animals (DUPI, Bonn); data on growth, carcass, meat quality, linear description of the foundation; osteochondrosis status (slaughtered animals); bone density measurement. More sample: 2000 animals from a breeding line with growth data, linear description, 500 animals with osteochondrosis assessment - Horse: X-ray findings of the joints of 900 stallions of the German race horses (30 offspring of 30 animals). - Sheep: Mouth findings, morphological and histological parameters of the horn mouth; races country merino sheep and Rhön sheep.
Executive Institute:
Institute of Animal Science (ITW) Details of Institute of Animal Science
Parent institution:
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn Details of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Contract period:
01. 02. 2008 - 31. 01. 2011
Project budget:
230,960 €
Collaborative Project:
FUGATO-plus Collaborative Projects– Functional Genome Analysis in Animal Organisms Details of FUGATO-plus Collaborative Projects– Functional Genome Analysis in Animal Organisms
Funding Programme:
- BMBF - Improved breeding techniques for complex traits for livestock Details of BMBF - Improved breeding techniques for complex traits for livestock
Subject:
- Animal breeding
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Details of (BMBF)
Project Management Agency:
- Project Management Organisation Juelich (PTJ) Details of PTJ