Advanced aquaculture breeding training workshop
November 6-8 2018, Montpellier
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About the workshop
Selective breeding in aquaculture is changing very rapidly. They move from simple selection for production traits like growth to selection for traits, which are more difficult to approach, e.g. disease resistance, fillet percentage and feed efficiency. Genomic resources are developed for more European species, which can be used for e.g. gene mapping and genomic selection. This new information requires improved designs of European aquaculture breeding programmes. In this aquaculture breeding training workshop, results will be presented from the EU funded FISHBOOST project on advances in these topics and the economics of breeding programmes.
Target groups are teachers and researchers in genetics and breeding, and others with basic knowledge of the principles of selective breeding. The training will finish off with a technical visit to the Ifremer experimental platform located in Palavas-les-Flots.
Selective breeding in aquaculture is changing very rapidly. They move from simple selection for production traits like growth to selection for traits, which are more difficult to approach, e.g. disease resistance, fillet percentage and feed efficiency. Genomic resources are developed for more European species, which can be used for e.g. gene mapping and genomic selection. This new information requires improved designs of European aquaculture breeding programmes. In this aquaculture breeding training workshop, results will be presented from the EU funded FISHBOOST project on advances in these topics and the economics of breeding programmes.
Target groups are teachers and researchers in genetics and breeding, and others with basic knowledge of the principles of selective breeding. The training will finish off with a technical visit to the Ifremer experimental platform located in Palavas-les-Flots.
Lecturers
Prof. Theo Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Dr Antti Kause, LUKE (Finland)
Prof. Hans Komen, Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
Dr Beatriz Villanueva, INIA (Spain)
Dr Muhammad Luqman Aslam, Nofima (Norway)
Dr Marc Vandeputte, INRA (France)
Prof. Theo Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Dr Antti Kause, LUKE (Finland)
Prof. Hans Komen, Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
Dr Beatriz Villanueva, INIA (Spain)
Dr Muhammad Luqman Aslam, Nofima (Norway)
Dr Marc Vandeputte, INRA (France)
Location
The workshop will be held in the hotel*** “le Clos de l’Aube Rouge ”.
The hotel can be accessed by tram in 15 mn from Montpellier train station, and is 11 km from Montpellier airport by taxi.
The workshop will be held in the hotel*** “le Clos de l’Aube Rouge ”.
The hotel can be accessed by tram in 15 mn from Montpellier train station, and is 11 km from Montpellier airport by taxi.
Preliminary program
Session 1: Genomic selection and genotyping / RAD sequencing
Different RAD sequencing protocols and their efficiency will be presented. Marker assisted and genomic selection are presented where genomic selection is a form of marker assisted selection at a genome wide scale. The commonly used SNP-BLUP and GBLUP models will be explained together with their equivalence. The use of whole genome sequence data will be discussed together with the factors that determine the accuracy of genomic prediction.
By Theo Meuwissen & Luqman Aslam
Session 2: Production effiency
Feed efficiency and fillet yield are among the most important traits to improve productivity and resource efficiency of aquaculture operations. So far, these traits have been challenging to record especially on live fish, and there has been controversy on the potential to improve these traits by breeding programmes. This section will demonstrate the advancements in the trait recording and selection methods that can be used to improve feed efficiency and fillet% in practical industry-scale breeding programmes.
By Antti Kause & Marc Vandeputte
Session 3: Disease resistance
Methods to select for disease resistance in aquaculture will be described, with special emphasis on sib testing methods. Models for the analysis of disease challenge test data will be covered, together with the detection and mapping QTL (Quantitative Trait Loci) for disease resistance. Finally, selection for disease resistance will be tested and the expected selection responses described.
By Luqman Aslam & Theo Meuwissen
Session 4: Breeding programmes
There is large potential to improve the efficiency and profitability of European aquaculture by advancing selective breeding to the next level of sophistication for each main finfish species (Atlantic salmon, common carp, European seabass, gilthead seabream, rainbow trout and turbot). This can be achieved by (i) including new traits (disease resistance and feed efficiency) in the breeding objective; and (ii) applying low cost genotyping strategies. This session will demonstrate the genetic gains and inbreeding that are expected from different selection and mating strategies that take into consideration the particularities and constraints of each species.
By Beatriz Villanueva, Theo Meuwissen & Hans Komen
SeSSION 5: Technical visit
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This platform is the largest research infrastructure dedicated to marineculture in France, composed of:
This platform also hosts the Ifremer laboratory “3AS” whose research focus on the interactions “animal – rearing system – environment” in a multi-disciplinary approach combining genetics, physiology, ethology, ecology, animal breeding and system engineering. With the presence on site, of researchers from two other research institutes, INRA and Cirad, the group leads the national research on marine fish culture, and on marine fish selective breeding in France. |
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Registration
To register for the workshop please fill in the form at: goo.gl/forms/WpH1VFBgX6Vz9sjq1 and send an e-mail to infos@auberouge.com with the title “FISHBOOST seminar registration”. Indicate your name and the fact that you want to register (and if applicable your arrival and departure times and the type of room you want to book). The hotel will then contact you to arrange prepayment by credit card. Only registrations validated by pre-payment will be considered valid!
Applications are accepted as "First come first served', and are limited to a total of 50 attendants. The deadline for applications is Sept 15, 2018.
Please note that registration will be guaranteed only by payment done to the hotel (see details on the Google form)
To register for the workshop please fill in the form at: goo.gl/forms/WpH1VFBgX6Vz9sjq1 and send an e-mail to infos@auberouge.com with the title “FISHBOOST seminar registration”. Indicate your name and the fact that you want to register (and if applicable your arrival and departure times and the type of room you want to book). The hotel will then contact you to arrange prepayment by credit card. Only registrations validated by pre-payment will be considered valid!
Applications are accepted as "First come first served', and are limited to a total of 50 attendants. The deadline for applications is Sept 15, 2018.
Please note that registration will be guaranteed only by payment done to the hotel (see details on the Google form)
