On Tuesday, 15th October the symposium “Genetic selection as effective methane mitigation tool in livestock” on behalf of Anouk van Breukelen’s PhD defence took place. National and international visitors and speakers were welcomed by Roel Veerkamp, head of the Animal Breeding and Genomics department of Wageningen Livestock Research. The first speaker to give a presentation was Birgit Gredler-Grandl, researcher at Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics (WUR-ABG) and Re-Livestock partner.
Birgit’s presentation focused on the Global Methane Genetics program (GMG): a global program to accelerate genetic progress for reduced methane emissions. She discussed the different recording techniques for methane (such as respiration chambers and Sniffers), trait definitions, how the program is progressing (really well), the challenges and needs faced in the methane space, and the GMG future plans. For more information, please have a look at the PDF-file of Birgit’s presentation.
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