On the 10th -11th October 2016 representatives of EU funded projects, EU stakeholders, some non-EU scientists and additional experts gathered in Brussels to participate to a DG AGRI workshop on Animal genomics.

The workshop was focussed on terrestrial farmed animals and was structured around 3 areas: animal breeding; genetic resources; and genotype to phenotype.

The outputs of the workshop fed into the drafting of the work-programme 2018-2020.

Agenda, Report and workshop documents

Report including agenda

10 October 2016

Animal breeding

           Opening presentation: precision animal breeding - Theo Meuwissen

• ECO-FCE (Connecting the animal genome, gastrointestinal microbiomes and nutrition to improve digestion efficiency and the environmental impacts) – Klaus Wimmers
• Prolific (Pluridisciplinary study for a robust and sustainable improvement of fertility in cows) – Joelle Dupont
• ROBUSTMILK (Innovative and practical breeding tools for improved dairy products from more robust dairy cattle) – Roel Verkamp
• Gene2Farm (SME funding scheme - Next generation European system for cattle improvement and management)/FECUND - Filippo Biscarini
• EADGene (genomics, bioinformatics, animal health and animal models) – Marie-Hélène Pinard-van der Laan

Genetic resources

           Opening presentation: sustainable use of animal genetic resources in the “-omic”  era – Paolo Ajmone Marsan

• LowInputBreeds (Development of integrated livestock breeding and management strategies to improve animal health, product quality and performance in European organic and ‘low input’ milk, meat and egg production) – Gillian Butler
• Selsweep (Molecular characterization of genetic factors in the pig under selection during speciation, domestication and breeding) – Martin Groenen
• TREASURE (Diversity of local pig breeds and production systems for high quality traditional products and sustainable pork chains) – Luca Fontanesi

11 October 2016

Genomics: State of play – genotype to phenotype

            Opening presentation: from phenotype to genotype and back again - animal genomics enabling prediction – Alan Archibald

• Ruminomics (Connecting the animal genome, gastrointestinal microbiomes and nutrition to improve digestion efficiency and the environmental impacts of ruminant livestock production) – Johanna Vilkki
• GPlusE (Sustainable dairy production and identification of appropriate phenotypes: challenges and opportunities) – Miel Hostens
• perspective of EMBL-EBI services to support animal genomics – Ian Streeter
• perspective of FAANG (Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes) – Elisabetta Giuffra