PDF files of presentatations at the workshop which are available for download appear below. Click on the link beside the paper name. NOTE. The full set of refereed papers will be published early in 2009 as an ACIAR monograph, and will also be available from the ACIAR web site. Session 1. Background and history Paper 1. Origin, spread, use and management of the FecB mutation - George Davis Paper 1 Davis.pdf Paper 2. The Garole sheep - history, management, production, current status - S. Pan Paper 2 Pan.pdf Session 2. Physiological aspects of the FecB gene mechanism Paper 3. The mechanisism of action of the FecB (Booroola) mutation - Bruce Campbell (presented by Geoff Hinch) Paper 3 Campbell.pdf Paper 4. Genetic modulation of FecB expression - Vidya Gupta Paper 4 Gupta.pdf Paper 5. Environmental modulation of FecB expression - Neal Fogarty Paper 5 Fogarty.pdf Paper 6. Effects of multiple ovulation rate and litter size on maternal and fetal physiology. Prenatal and post natal consequences - Geoff Hinch Paper 6 Hinch.pdf Session 3. Case studies on the introgression of FecB into local breeds Paper 7. Biological and economic consequences of introgression of the FecB into Deccani Sheep - Chanda Nimbkar Paper 7 Nimbkar.pdf Paper 8. Biological and economic consequences of the FecB into Merino sheep in Australia - Steve Walkden-Brown Paper 8 Walkden-Brown.pdf Paper 9. Consequences of introgression into Malpura sheep in Rajasthan - A.L. Arora Paper 9 Arora.pdf Paper 10. Biological and economic consequences of introgresing the B allelle of the FecB (Booroola) gene into Awassi and Assaf sheep - E. Gootwine Paper 11. Biological and economic consequences of the FecB mutation in the USA - David Notter Paper 11 Notter.pdf Paper 12. Biological and economic consequences of the FecB mutation in Indonesian thin tailed sheep - Ismeth Inounu Paper 12 Inounu.pdf Paper 13. Biological and economic consequences of the FecB mutation in Chines breeds of sheep - Guohua Hua Paper 13 Guohua.pdf Paper 14. Biological and economic consequences of introgression of the FecB gene into the French Merino d'Arles sheep - Loys Bodin Paper 14 Bodin.pdf Session 4. The way forward: introgressing FecB into the wider population Paper 15. Genetic aspects of Booroola introgression in breeding programs - Julius Van Der Werf Paper 15 Vanderwerf.pdf Paper 16. The economics of litter size in meat sheep - Andrew Swan Paper 16 Swan.pdf Paper 17. Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider utilization of the FecB gene in Maharashtra State and other parts of India - Chanda Nimbkar Paper 17 Nimbkar.pdf Paper 18. Shepherd's views on the value and management of Deccani crossbred FecB carrier ewes with a higher twinning percentage: Implications for a future introgression extension program - Julian Prior (presented by Pradip Ghalsasi) Paper 18 Prior-Ghalsasi.pdf Paper 19. Translating animal breeding research into the real world - use of sustainable livelihoods framework - Karen Marshall Paper 19 Marshall.pdf |