PROLIFIC
From 2013-02-01 to 2017-01-31, ongoing project
PROLIFIC - Pluridisciplinary study for a RObust and sustainabLe Improvement of Fertility in Cows
The strategic aim of this project is:
To unlock the potential for proactive herd management by providing the farmer with improved tools for on-farm reproductive monitoring and management. This will be achieved by a pluridisciplinary approach to eliminate the key scientific/methodological blockages and develop innovative solutions for a robust and sustainable improvement of fertility in cows.
This project will:
For more information visit the website of PROLIFIC, the joint website of FECUND and PROLIFIC or http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/104327_en.html
Partners
- INRA
- AU
- CONAFE
- IT
- TEAGASC
- LATTEC
- SERIDA
- ST
- DLO
- SM
- SLU
- SAC
- UNCEIA
The strategic aim of this project is:
To unlock the potential for proactive herd management by providing the farmer with improved tools for on-farm reproductive monitoring and management. This will be achieved by a pluridisciplinary approach to eliminate the key scientific/methodological blockages and develop innovative solutions for a robust and sustainable improvement of fertility in cows.
This project will:
- Develop models to support on farm decision at different levels: animal fertility, herd management, and socio-economic impact for the farm and the farmer
- Identify genes and pathways involved in the adaptation of the reproductive function to different environmental conditions, especially low input feeding systems
- Identify the functional quantitative trait nucleotides for days till first luteal activity (based on progesterone measures) and estimate genomic breeding values using whole sequence information on individuals
- Study the adaptative response of animals to different feeding systems and management strategies
- Demonstrate the applicability of the knowledge and toolsproduced in the PROLIFIC project at the farm level
- Disseminate the knowledge produced in the project to the relevant stakeholders. PROLIFIC is a pluridisciplinary project taking advantage of the skills and expertise (modelling, molecular biology, genomics, phenotypic recording and statistics) of partners from all Europe. Seven research organizations, one industry and four SMEs are involved in the project.
For more information visit the website of PROLIFIC, the joint website of FECUND and PROLIFIC or http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/104327_en.html
Partners
- INRA
- AU
- CONAFE
- IT
- TEAGASC
- LATTEC
- SERIDA
- ST
- DLO
- SM
- SLU
- SAC
- UNCEIA