Source: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE submitted to NRP
WORLD CONGRESS ON GENETICS AS APPLIED TO LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (WCGALP)
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
ACTIVE
Funding Source
USDA CONTRACT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0427584
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Jun 1, 2014
Project End Date
Dec 1, 2014
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
1111 N. DUNLAP AVE
SAVOY,IL 61874
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
(N/A)
Animal Health Component
60%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
20%
Applied
60%
Developmental
20%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
3033310108050%
3043610108050%
Knowledge Area
303 - Genetic Improvement of Animals; 304 - Animal Genome;

Subject Of Investigation
3610 - Sheep, live animal; 3310 - Beef cattle, live animal;

Field Of Science
1080 - Genetics;
Goals / Objectives
The objective of WCGALP is to bring together the international genetics community every four years to present and discuss global research. WCGALP is unique in that the focus of the week long congress is on genetic research and technology. The goal of the congress is to provide a forum for discussion of current issues in livestock genetics.
Project Methods
The congress will be held August 17-22, 2014 in Vancouver, Canada. The agenda includes five plenary speakers, 72 mini symposia, contributed papers, and poster sessions. Multiple ARS scientists are involved in the symposia and other papers. Species of interest for ARS are beef, dairy, swine, sheep, and chickens.