This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 772787.
Methane emission has low genetic correlations to lamb growth traits in Norwegian White sheep
Some of the studies that have been submitted to WCGALP 2022: – by J.H. Jakobsen, T. Blichfeldt, L.B. Linneflaatten, M.O. Gløersen, L.E. Wallin and J.C. McEwan The main source of GHG emission in lamb meat production comes from enteric methane (CH4) emission produced as a by-product in the non-aerobic fermentation of feed. Other countries have […]
Validation and genetic analysis of a feed efficiency criterion in French Lacaune ewes
Some of the studies that have been submitted to WCGALP 2022: – by C. Machefert, C. Robert-Granié, P. Hassoun, S. Parisot, C. Allain, D. Portes, G. Lagriffoul, J.M Astruc, and H. Larroque Improving feed efficiency have environmental, economic and social benefits for dairy ewes farming systems. Selection of animals using efficiently their feed resources while […]
SMARTER participation to World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP 2022)
Several SMARTER partners will participate to the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production will be held in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) from 3 to 8 July 2022. Here the list of all the contributors. Pelayo, R. et al., “Influence of a nutritional restriction in dairy ewe lambs on the response to a later inflammatory […]
REA 2nd Review Meeting Outcome
– by R. Rupp and R. Bica The second review meeting with REA was held on the 28/01/22. The meeting was moderated by Francisca Cuesta-Sanchez of the European Commission, and the two reviewers were Luca Fontanesi and Ismo Stranden. The review started off with a brief introduction of the project and recap of what was […]
SMARTER Third Annual Meeting!
– by R. Rupp SMARTER has held the third annual meeting from 11th to 22nd of October 2021, once again by video conference because of the COVID crisis. The agenda for the remote SMARTER included 3-hours meetings per WPs with 17 to 56 participants each. The meeting gave an overview of the great work achieved […]
Replacement leadership SMARTER project
Because of sudden and severe health problems, Carole Moreno was obliged to withdraw from the leadership of SMARTER. Rachel Rupp (WP3 leader), who is working in the same INRAE lab will take the lead until she comes back. Carole wishes us to carry on united and as enthusiastic as ever and assures us that she […]
PhD students in SMARTER project: Marie Ithurbide
Marie became a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2020 at the national veterinary school of Toulouse (ENVT). She completed an M1 in public health at Paul Sabatier University then an M2 in tropical animal disease management (GIMAT) co-supervised by ENVT and CIRAD. This double course allowed her to acquire a transversal knowledge of animal health, […]
Stakeholders’ activities
– by C. Mosconi In 2021, the dissemination activities for stakeholders will be focused on the ten National Round Tables to be organized in the second part of the year and the first part of 2022. Moreover, during the ICAR Annual Conference a Smarter session was held. The ten National Round Tables (NRTs) The programme […]
International genetic evaluation: a questionnaire to assess the willingness of sheep and goat breeders and organisations in participating in a future routine evaluation
– by J.M. Astruc Work package 6 is dedicated to the development and implementation of practical selection tools to achieve the overarching objective of SMARTER (develop novel and collaborative strategies to improve the resilience and efficiency of the sheep and goat sectors), especially through harmonisation and international cooperation. In order to propose an organisation and […]
Genetic diversity of Saanen and Alpine dairy goat population across four countries
– by M. Teissier, C. Robert-Granié, L. F. Brito, H. Larroque In the WP6 of Smarter, the ambition is to study the implementation of an international genomic evaluation in dairy goats. The first studies focused on the analysis of available genomic data shared between 4 countries (Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland) on the two main dairy […]