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9th DISCOVER Conference on Food Animal Agriculture:

Protecting and Managing Animal Genetic Resources

for Future Generations: The Next Steps

November 2-5, 2004

The Plains Hotel, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Presented by the American Dairy Science Association

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

All sessions will be in the Ballroom unless otherwise indicated.

 

 

Tuesday, November 2

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.            Registration

6:00 – 9:00 p.m.            Welcoming Reception and Dinner at the Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY

Opening Speaker: Animal Genetic Resources – The Next Steps. Dennis Funk, ABS Global, Inc., DeForest, WI

Wednesday, November 3

7:00 a.m.            Breakfast

8:00-12:00            Session 1: Driving Forces for Conservation & Utilization

Moderator: Harvey Blackburn, USDA-ARS National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, Ft. Collins, CO

                        Welcome

                     Socio-Economic Valuation of Genetic Resources. Doug Gollin, Economic Growth Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT

                        Biosecurity – Disease, Risk, Response & Opportunities. Barbara Corso & Ann Seitzinger, APHIS – Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Ft. Collins, CO

                        In-situ Conservation of Private and Public Sector Populations. Bob Taylor, University of New Hampshire, Durham, and Don Bixby, American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, Pittsboro, NC

                        Question & Answers

            BREAK

                        Moderator: Denny Funk, ABS Global, DeForest, WI

Industry and Global Driving Forces for Conservation and Utilization

-Global Driving Forces. Hein van der Steen, Sygen International, Franklin, KY

-Canadian Animal Genetic Resource Program. S.K. Ho, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Utilization of Animal Genetic Resources by the Livestock Industry: Panel

                        Question & Answers

 

12:00             LUNCH

 

1:00–5:30            Session 2: Status of Utilizing, Preserving and Collecting Animal Genetic Resources

                        Moderator: Terry Stewart, Purdue University, West Lafayette

                        Species Committee Reports

a.      Dairy cattle – Les Hansen, University of Minnesota

b.      Beef cattle – Larry Cundiff, USDA

c.      Poultry – Bob Taylor, University of New Hampshire

d.       Small Ruminants – Dave Notter, Virginia Tech

e.       Swine – Terry Stewart, Purdue University

f.    Aquatic Species – John Buchanan, Kent SeaTech Corporation, San Diego, CA

                        Sampling of Populations for Gene Discovery Validation & Exploitation. Dorian Garrick, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

                        Question & Answers

            BREAK

                        Species Committee Meetings

6:00            DINNER ON YOUR OWN

7:15 - 9:00                 Ice Cream Social & Historical Perspectives. Nelson Museum of the West, Cheyenne, WY

                        Moderator: Les Hansen, University of Minnesota, St. Paul          

                        Dairy Cattle: Paul Miller, University of Wisconsin, Madison

                        Beef Cattle: Keith Gregory, USDA Meat Animal Research Center, Clay City, NE  

                        Poultry: Elwood Briles, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb

                        Small Ruminants: Eric Bradford, University of California, Davis

Thursday, November 4

7:00 a.m. BREAKFAST

8:00 – 5:30      Session 3: Available and Needed Technology & Tour of National Center for Genetic Resource Preservation, Ft. Collins

                        Moderator: Terry Tiersch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells for Genetic Conservation. Robert Etches, Origen Therapeutics, Burlingame, CA

                        Cryobiology – the Reality. Bill Rall, NIH, Bethesda, MD

                        Question & Answer

9:15                        Travel to National Center for Genetic Resource Preservation

BREAK ON THE BUS

10:20                        Tour NAGP & Discuss Plant Collection Utilization

 11:55                       Travel to Cheyenne

            LUNCH ON THE BUS

1:15-5:30            Moderator: Abel Ponce de Leon, University of Minnesota, St. Paul

Animal Genetic Resources in the Post Genome Sequencing World. Noelle Cockett, Utah State University, Logan

Utilization of genetic resources in the post genome sequencing world. Lawrence Schook, University of Illinois, Urbana

                        Development of information systems to link genetic, phenotypic and environmental information. Scott Farenkrug, University of Minnesota, St. Paul

                        Question & Answer

2:45             BREAK

                        Moderator: Larry Miller, USDA-CSREES, Washington, DC

Cross Species Issue Workgroups

                                    - Cryobiology

                                    - Genetics

                                    - Information Systems

                                    - In-situ conservation

                                    - Biosecurity

6:00             DINNER ON YOUR OWN

7:30                 Species Committee Meetings continued

Friday, November 5

7:00 a.m. BREAKFAST

8:00–12:00            Session 4: Future Actions

                        Moderator: Ronnie Green, USDA-ARS Food Animal Production, Beltsville, MD

                        Welcome/Opening

                        Future Species Committee Priorities/Recommendations

                        Cross Species Workgroups Priorities/Recommendations
10:10 BREAK

                        Discussion of Species and Workgroups Findings

                        Outreach to Industry. Jim Gibb, Merial, LTD, Louisville, CO

                        The Next Steps

12:00             LUNCH

1:00 p.m.            Adjourn