Foreword  Officers and Directors for 2004-2005  Members of NSIF  Registrants for 2005  2005 Annual Financial Report  2005 Board Meeting (November 30 and December 2)  2005 Sponsors  2005 NSIF Program Papers Presented An integrated environment for genetic evaluation: databases, variance component estimation and genetic evaluation in the Saxon Swine Breeding Program Swine genetic improvement programs in Eastern Europe Swine breeding programmes in the Nordic countries Swine Genetic Improvement Program in China Piglet survival - Implications of large litter sizes: Genetic Focus on What is Happening as Litter Sizes Increase to Levels That Create Challenges to Survival Group Selection in Swine - A Case Study Assessing Sow State of Being Objectively: Genetic Implications Use of Commercial Crossbred Data in Breeding Value Estimation Traceability Implications for Genetic Improvement and Consumers DNA-Based Tracking Opportunities An International Comparison of Consumer Preferences for Pork Chops Incorporation of new reproduction and meat quality traits into genetic evaluation programs Antibiotic Resistance: Implications on Genetic Improvement and Disease Resistance Selection for Intramuscular Fat in Duroc Swine - An Update U. S. Swine Genetic Resources and the National Animal Germplasm Program Abstracts Presented The National Swine Registry Pork Alliance program A Genome Scan to Detect QTL Affecting Growth and Composition Traits in a Duroc by Pietrain Resource Population Genetics of Aggressive Infanticide in Sows Analysis of Public Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Commercial Pig Populations Genetic variation and functional diversity in Chinese and European pig breeds High Throughput SNP Genotyping using Microarray Technology Awards 2005 Lauren L. Christian Memorial Graduate Student Award 2005 Charles Stanislaw Memorial Distinguished Service Award NAILE High Performance Swine Team- Coming Soon! <-- Return to Index