Challenges and opportunities for genetic improvement of cattle production in China

Dr. Yachun Wang, a professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics, at the College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agriculture University (Beijing), will present a Special CGIL Seminar on Tuesday July 17th at 1:30 pm in Room 141 of the Animal Nutrition Building. 

Dr. Yachun Wang obtained her Ph.D. at CGIL in 2002 with Dr. Steve Miller. She is a member of the genetic evaluation team for the Chinese dairy & beef industries. She is specialized in modeling performance, type, and reproduction traits to provide EBV/GEBV for bull selection. She is currently working on 1) building a new version of the China Performance Index (CPI/GCPI) to include reproduction traits to pursue balanced breeding. 2) Genetic & Genomic evaluation of reproduction traits using joint Chinese & Danish reference population. 3) the effect of heat stress on dairy cattle performance in Beijing, as well as genetic mechanism of heat stress and cold stress in cattle.