The Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sections of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science

The 2022 Annual Meeting will take place at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. Oklahoma is in the center of the U.S and is easy to get to no matter where attendees are coming from. The convention center is just steps away from a number of restaurants, entertainment and attractions, everything you need for a great experience.

This is the premier conference for researchers and professionals involved in genetic improvement of livestock. Delegates from around the world gather every four years to attend the scientific program and to network with colleagues. This 11th WCGALP builds on previous successful congresses in Madrid (Spain, 1974 and 1982), Lincoln (USA, 1986), Edinburgh (UK, 1990), Guelph (Canada, 1994), Armidale (Australia, 1998), Montpellier (France, 2002), Belo Horizonte (Brazil, 2006), Leipzig (Germany, 2010) and Vancouver (Canada, 2014).

Will be held in conjunction with the International Committee of Animal Recording (ICAR) annual conference, and the Interbull Annual Conference.

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Animal Genetics, Nutrition, Health and Welfare, Physiology, Livestock Farming Systems, Cattle production, Sheep and Goat Production, Pig Production, Horse Production, Insects, Precision livestock Farming.

Call for Contributions Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Quantitative Genetics and Genomics are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.

Sessions:

Improving genetic merit for enhanced efficiency and preserve the biodiversity; Current and emerging health issues for goat production; Goat production systems of the future; Optimization of feeding and nutrition; Environment, climate change and goats; Recent research and current advances in goat products; Market and societal avenues.

Round tables:

Transferring genomic technologies to breeding and commercial farms; The future of goat skin and fibre production; Gender considerations in goat farming and processing; Best practices for national goat associations; An update on the control / eradication of epizootic diseases.

Workshops:

Agro-tourism and goat farming – sustainability of rural areas; Post anthelmintic era: how to implement the concept of integrated control to gastrointestinal parasites? Models and tools for development and transfer of appropriate technology to small and resource-limited farms.