From jdekkers@iastate.edu Wed Mar 12 14:27:03 2003 Message-Id: <5.0.1.4.2.20030312142734.023e5d90@jdekkers.mail.iastate.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:29:28 -0600 From: Jack Dekkers Subject: Iowa State short course announcements To: Multiple Recipients of The Animal Breeding and Genetics Group at Iowa State University will be offering the following two short courses during the spring/summer 2003: I) BREEDING FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE - UNITING GENETICS & EPIDEMIOLOGY Three-day Short Course taught at Iowa State University, May 19 - 21, 2003 (following the John M. Airy Beef Cattle Genetics Symposium: http://www.iowabeefcenter.org/content/Airy_home.htm ) By Prof. STEPHEN BISHOP of the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh Disease resistance is now becoming one of the major focus areas within animal genetics and one of the main concerns for animal breeders. There is a need to unite genetics and epidemiology to reduce disease incidence, severity and transmission. This course will cover basic principles of disease genetics, as well as techniques to evaluate the genetic control of infectious diseases and to plan genetic selection programs to reduce disease impacts. Detailed course and registration information: http://www.ans.iastate.edu/graduate/diseaseresistance.html Regular registration deadline: April 25, 2003 II) DESIGN AND ECONOMICS OF BREEDING STRATEGIES Five-day short course taught at Iowa State University, July 14-18, 2003 By Prof. Jack Dekkers (Iowa State University) The purpose of this course will be to convey the basic concepts for creating and predicting response to selection in breeding populations, to present and discuss methods for and issues in development of economic breeding goals and selection strategies, design of breeding programs, and economic assessment of breeding programs. Focus will be on breeding programs in livestock and the incorporation of new technologies, including marker-assisted selection. Detailed course and registration information: http://www.ans.iastate.edu/graduate/strategies.html Regular registration deadline: June 15, 2003 ================================================================ Dr. Jack C. M. Dekkers Professor and Section Leader, Animal Breeding and Genetics Department of Animal Science 225C Kildee Hall, Iowa State University Ames, IA, 50011-3150 Tel: 515-294-7509 Fax: 515-294-9150 E-mail: jdekkers@iastate.edu http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ans ================================================================