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The 2025 Interbull Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with ADSA in Louisville, KY, USA.
Interbull Business Meetings, Open Meetings and joint Sessions will be organised on Saturday 21, Sunday 22 and Monday 23 June 2025. The Interbull Dinner will take place on Saturday 21 June.
Participation to the meeting and dinner requires a separate paid registration fee. Information on how to register, costs and hotel booking are all available through the ADSA website
Specific information about the Interbull meeting will be made available on this page in due time.
For information on the ADSA meeting and registration, please use the links below.
Useful dates:
Abstract submissions open: 31 January 2025
Abstract Submission closes: 01 April 2025
Final Scientific Program Available: 01 May 2025
Full presentation submission: 18 June 2025
Paper submission to Interbull Bulletin: 31 July 2025
Interbull Open Meeting - Call for Abstracts
The Open Meeting aims to be an inclusive space to share ideas, and the latest advances, research and innovations in genetic and genomic evaluations for beef and dairy. We aim to accept manuscripts that clearly address the topics presented in the call for abstracts, and encourage work in progress presentations and/or cutting edge research in these areas.
The overall theme for the Interbull Open Meetings is: "Innovations in national and international genetic and genomic evaluations". Authors are invited to submit abstracts within this overarching theme that specifically address the following topics for dairy and beef:
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Big data for the benefit of genetic and genomic evaluation
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Meta-analytical methods in animal genetic and genomic evaluation.
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Experience with single-step evaluation.
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Implementing new traits in genetic and genomic evaluation systems.
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Cross-breed genetic and genomic evaluations
- Sustainability, efficiency, methane emission and adaptation/resilience.
- The effect of selective genotyping on calves
Submit your abstract through the Interbull online submission form .
There are two Interbull Business Meetings.
Business Meeting 1 is scheduled for Saturday 21 June 11.00 - 12.30
Business Meeting 2 is scheduled for Sunday 22 June 13.30-15.00
More information will become available in May 2025.
The Interbull Open Meeting will take place on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June 2025.
There will be an Interbull Dinner on Saturday 21 June. This requires a separate registration to attend. All are welcome.
The programme for the Interbull Open Meeting will become available in May 2025
The Interbull Meeting prorgramme and presentations will become available in May 2025
There are two joint Interbull-ADSA sessions scheduled for Monday 23 June:
Breeding and Genetics Symposium: Joint ADSA-Interbull Session—Management of Genetic Diversity for Future-Proofing Dairy Cattle Breeding
Speakers:
| Christian Maltecca, North Carolina State University | Genetic resilience and the dynamics of inbreeding and diversity in dairy breeding |
| Heather Huson, Cornell University | Identifying genetic diversity within indigenous and highly commercialized breeds for improved performance and future preservation |
| Nicolo Macciotta, Universita Di Sassari | Genomic-versus pedigree-based inbreeding: Two sides of the same coin |
| Christine Baes, University of Guelph | Managing genetic diversity: Strategies for sustainable livestock improvement |
| Olivia Mapholi, University of South Africa | Indigenous breed diversity, dynamic crossbreeding, and multiple across-country evaluations for accelerated dairy genetic improvement in Africa: Opportunities and challenges |
Breeding and Genetics Symposium: Joint ADSA-Interbull Session—Creating Carbon-Friendly Cows and Leveraging Omics to Improve the Sustainability of Dairy Production.
| Francisco Peñagaricano, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Breeding for more sustainable dairy cows |
| Bjorg Heringstad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Sustainable breeding for feed-efficient cows with lower methane emissions |
| Francesca Malchiodi, Semex | Development of a greenhouse gas index to reduce enteric emissions in Holsteins |
| Jocelyn Johnson, STgenetics | Advancing dairy sustainability through feed-efficient genetics and genomics: Research insights and applications |
More information on ADSA programming can be found on the ADSA 2025 website
Interbull Bulletin
The Interbull Bulletin has become a well known reference for genetic evaluation of bovine cattle worldwide. It contains the state-of-the-art in genetic evaluation methods, as well as the most recent information on national and international implementations.
Participants in the Open Meeting are expected to submit paper (up to 10 pages), based on their presentation to the Interbull Bulletin by 31 July 2025 , for publication in November 2025.
Papers presented at the joint ADSA Interbull sessions are not submitted to the Interbull Bulletin.
