The Interbull Centre provides the operational focus of Interbull. It is run by five full time staff and supported by the Interbull Secretary and two part time staff. Please find some of the more recent Interbull Centre activity reports below.
For all general queries,
please use the address below :
Interbull Centre
Dept. Animal Breeding and Genetics SLU
Box 7023
S-75007 Uppsala
SWEDEN
For more specific queries, please contact one of these people directly :
Joćo Walter Dürr (PhD) Interbull Centre Director
Joćo is an animal breeder and had his PhD from McGill
University in Montreal, Canada. His research has centered around genetics of
longevity in dairy cattle, somatic cells and mastitis resistance, and milk
quality. He held for 11 years a professorship at the Faculty of Agronomy and
Veterinary Medicine of Universidade de Passo Fundo in southern Brazil, and has
had many responsible duties within and outside his university, being in charge
of an extensive milk analysis service to Brazilian farmers. Joćo can be
contacted by phone (+46-18-672098), fax (+46-18-672648) or e-mail
(Joao.Durr_at_hgen.slu.se).
Eva
Hjerpe (MSc) Research Geneticist
Eva completed her MSc (Agriculture)
with specialisation in animal transportation at the Swedish University of
Agriculture Sciences (SLU) in autumn 2003. Eva has a technical and an economical
background. Work experiences include positions as a project manager at Volvo
Truck Corporation in Gothenburg (Sweden) and as an economist and computer
administrator from other previous employments. Her main activities are to
provide support to functions related to the service of international genetic
evaluations. In addition, she will also be involved in research and information
activities. Eva can be contacted at the address shown above and by phone
(+46-18-672438), fax (+46-18-672648) or e-mail Eva.Hjerpe_at_hgen.slu.se.
Jette
H. Jakobsen (PhD) Research Geneticist
Jette completed her PhD
thesis of random regression test day models for milk production and disease
liability in dairy cattle at The Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences in
Foulum and The Royal Veterinarian and Agricultural University of Copenhagen in
October 2000. During her study, she spent two semesters at University of
Nebraska and two study trips to University of Wisconsin. After her graduation,
Jette was employed at the Danish Agricultural Advisory Centre, where she was
involved in the development of joint Nordic genetic evaluations for milk
production traits in dairy cattle using a random regression test day model. From
January 2003, she is employed at the Interbull Centre. Jettes main
responsibilities will be developing international genetic evaluations for
longevity and calving traits for dairy bulls. Jette can be contacted at the
address given above and by phone (+46-18-671955), fax (+46-18-672648) or e-mail Jette.Jakobsen_at_hgen.slu.se.
Hossein Jorjani (PhD)
- Research Geneticist
Hossein has had his education at a number of colleges and
universities around the world: Tehran, Glasgow, Ayr, Edinburgh, and Uppsala.
He has been employed at the Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences since 1989, first in the section for Quantitative Genetics, then in the
section for General Animal Breeding, and has been working at the Interbull
Centre since November 1998. Hosseins responsibilities at the Interbull Centre
include research aimed at improvement of national data quality and improvement
of the currently used methodology (MACE), such as finding more efficient ways to
estimate genetic correlations among countries. Hossein can be contacted at the
address shown above and by phone (+46-18-671964), fax (+46-18-672648) or
e-mail Hossein.Jorjani_at_hgen.slu.se.
Flavio
Forabosco (PhD) - Research Geneticist
Flavio completed his PhD thesis on breeding for longevity in beef cattle at the
Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Before and during his studies he
worked and studied in Brasil for one year, the USA for four months and various
countries within Europe. From 1999 to 2005 he was employed by the National
Association of Italian Cattle Breeders to work in the breeding evaluation
office. His main responsibility was genetic evaluation of five Italian beef
breeds. During his time in this post he combined his work activities with his
PhD studies which he completed in October 2005. Since November 2005, he has been
employed at the Interbull Centre. Flavios main responsibilities are delivering
of Interbull services, customer communication and research and development of
international genetic evaluation. Flavio can be contacted at the address given
above and by phone (+46-18-671974), fax (+46-18-672648) or e-mail
Flavio.Forabosco_at_hgen.slu.se.
Valentina
Palucci (MSc) - Research Geneticist
Valentina completed her MSc (animal breeding and genetics)
with a thesis on non-additive genetic effects for fertility traits in Canadian
Holstein at the Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock at the University of
Guelph in Canada (CGIL), in November 2005. From January 2006 to February 2007
she worked for CGIL and Beef Improvement Ontario on a project about genetic
improvement of maternal influenced traits in sheep, with particular attention to
lamb survivability. Since March 2007 she is employed at the Interbull Centre for
a period of three years. Valentinas main responsibilities would be to
contribute to development of a system for beef international genetic evaluation
and provide support to delivery of Interbull services. Valentina can be
contacted at the address given above or by phone
(+46-18-671987),
fax (+46-18-672648) or e-mail
valentina.palucci_at_hgen.slu.se
Anne
Loberg (MSc) - Research Geneticist
Anne completed her MSc (agriculture) at the Swedish
University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU) in spring 2007 with a thesis about the
prospects of performing international genetic evaluations for countries not
participating with data in Interbull evaluations. Anne will provide support to
delivery of Interbull services and will be involved in research and development
aiming at improving the international evaluations for female fertility. At the
same time she is pursuing a PhD degree at the Department of Animal Breeding and
Genetics (SLU) in Uppsala. Anne can be contacted at the address given above or
by phone (+46-18-671975), fax (+46-18-672648) or e-mail
Anne.Loberg_at_hgen.slu.se
Jan Philipsson (PhD, Professor) -
Interbull Secretary
Jan is a professor in the Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics in Uppsala and is managing the unit that runs the Interbull Centre. He completed his PhD thesis in genetic studies on calving traits and has also devoted much research to other traits, including health, in dairy cattle. Jan has broad experience with international work, including time spent in developing countries. He has published over 150 articles in international journals and magazines and has been internationally awarded for his research. Jan was one of the initiators of Interbull and has been its secretary since its establishment in 1983. Jan can be contacted at the address shown above and by phone (+46-18-671976), fax (+46-18-671201) or e-mail: Jan.Philipsson_at_hgen.slu.se.
Interbull Centre activity report 2007
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Interbull Centre activity report 2006
(pdf)
Interbull Centre activity report 2005
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Interbull Centre activity report 2004
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Interbull Centre activity report 2003
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Interbull Centre activity report 2002
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Interbull Centre activity report 2001
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Interbull Centre activity report 2000
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Interbull Centre activity report 1999
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