EADGENE and SABRE Joint session at EAAP 2009
"Molecular tools for disease resistance"

Thursday 27th August 2009, Barcelona

EADGENE and SABRE held a joint sesion on "Molecular tools for disease resistance" at the EAAP 2009 Conference.

The abstracts for these presentations can now be freely acessed at: www.eaap.org/Barcelona/Book_Abstracts.pdf (see session 45, page 502 - 510).

Theatre Presentations:

• EADGENE, a European Animal Disease Genomics Network of Excellence for Animal Health and Food Safety
  Pinard-Van Der Laan, M.-H.
• The genetic basis of resistance to Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis in Atlantic salmon 
  Bron, J.E.; Houston, R.D.; Haley, C.S.; Hamilton, A.; Guy, D.R.; Gheyas, A.; Mota-Velasco, J.; Tinch, A.E.; Taggart, J.B.; Mcandrew, B.J.; Verner-Jeffreys, D.; Paley, R.; Tew, I.; Bishop, S.C. 
• The chicken SNP Selector Database for genome-wide QTL Analysis 
  Fife, M.; Watson, M.; Howell, J.; Kaiser, P. 
• The application of modern and traditional research approaches to investigate salmonella susceptibility in chickens 
  Te Pas, M.; Rebel, J.; Smits, M. 
• Across-line SNPs association study of innate and adaptive immune response in laying hens 
  Biscarini, F.; Bovenhuis, H.; Van Arendonk, J.A.M.; Parmentier, H.K.; Jungerius, A.; Van Der Poel, J. 
• Mapping of genes involved in susceptibility to E. coli and helminth infection in pigs 
  Jacobsen, M.J.; Nejsum, P.; Joller, D.; Bertschinger, H.U.; Python, P.; Edfors, I.; Cirera, S.; Archibald, A.L.; Churcher, C.; Esteso, G.; Burgi, E.; Karlskov-Mortensen, P.; Anderson, L.; Voegeli, P.; Roepstorff, A.; Goering, H.H.H.; Anderson, T.J.C.; Thamsborg, S.M.; Fredholm, M.; Jorgensen, C.B. 
• Global transcriptional response of porcine intestinal epithelial cell lines to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Choleraesuis 
  Arce, C.; Jiménez-Marín, A.; Collado-Romero, M.; Lucena, C.; Garrido, J.J. 
• Identification of microRNAs in PK15 cells infected with Aujeszky disease virus 
  Tomas, A.; Rosell, R.; Segales, J.; Sanchez, A.; Nunez, J.I. 
• Combining QTL and gene expression studies to identify important genes and genetic pathways underlying resistance to mastitis in Danish Holstein cattle 
  Sørensen, P.; Røntved, C.M.; Jiang, L.; Sahana, G.; Vilkki, J.; Thompsen, B.; Lund, M.S. 
• Response to mammary infection in two divergent lines of ewes selected on milk somatic cell counts: transcriptomic analyses of milk cells upon challenge. 
  Bonnefont, C.; Rupp, R.; Caubet, C.; Toufeer, M.; Robert-Granie, C.; Foucras, G. 
• The French national breeding plan for scrapie resistance: an example of molecular information used in selection. 
  Leymarie, C.; Astruc, J.M.; Barillet, F.; Bibe, B.; Bonnot, A.; Bouffartigue, B.; Bouix, J.; Dion, F.; Francois, D.; Jouhet, E.; Jullien, E.; Moreno, C.; Boscher, M.Y.; Palhiere, I.; Raoul, J.; Tiphine, L.; Bouchel, D.; Chibon, J.; Raynal, A.; Tribon, P. 
• Gene prioritization using text mining and protein-protein interaction in livestock species 
  Jiang, L.; Sørensen, P.; Workman, C.; Skarman, A. 

Poster Presentations

• Analysis of the intestinal mucosal immune response to an experimental infection with Salmonella typhimurium in pigs Collado-Romero, M.; Arce, C.; Carvajal, A.; Garrido, J.J. 
• Analysis of polymorphisms of Mx1 gene and influenza susceptibility: the case of Iberian pigs 
  Godino, R.F.; Fernandez, A.I.; Ovilo, C.; Real, G. 
• Campylobacter induces diverse kinetics and profiles of cytokines genes in human and swine intestinal epithelial cell lines 
  Jimenez-Marin, A.; Garrido Pavon, J.J. 
• Selection against congenital day blindness in Awassi sheep applying genotyping of the cone photoreceptor cGMP-gated channel a-subunit (CNGA3) gene 
  Reicher, S.; Seroussi, E.; Shamir, M.; Ofri, R.; Gootwine, E. 
• Angiopoietin-2 possibly affects SCS in HF cows 
  Tetens, J.; Baes, C.; Flisikowski, K.; Reinsch, N.; Fries, R.; Schwerin, M.; Thaller, G. 
• Comparison of susceptibility to BSE between two Iranian cattle populations (Bos indicus) and Holstein cattle (Bos taurus) based on PRNP gene polymorphism 
  Miraei Ashtiani, S.R.; Maghsoudi, S.M.; Banabazi, M.H.; Mehrabani Yeganeh, H.