The White Calloway Conference on the 8th of September, 2014 was a complete success

Some 80 participants from Australia, Canada, England, Germany, New Zealand, Scotland, and Switzerland experienced highly interesting specialized lectures as well as live and impressive visits to Galloway herds.

Here, some impressions from the Conference.

White Galloway Konferenz

1. White Galloway Conference on Sept 8, 2014

Immediately following the Galloway World Conference in Wildeshausen /Niedersachsen, the first presentation of the results of the White Galloway Stars, the White Galloway Conference will take place on Monday, Sept 8, 2014.

In the meantime in lovely Schleswig-Holstein, quite a number of industrious White Galloways of so-called "faulty colouring" have been working hard for the project according to the instructions of the research team. The research team from the Universities of Göttingen and Halle, the Rinderzucht Schleswig-Holstein eG, and we the participating breeders invite you to the 1st Presentation of Results and Report on the "Research Offspring".

Title	White Galloway Conference Coat Colour Inheritance in White Galloway Cattle
When	Monday, Sept 8, 2014
Where	The Conference will take place in: Gasthof „Waidmann's Ruh“ Hauptstraße 69 • D-23816 Neversdorf Schleswig-Holstein www.gasthofwaidmannsruh.de A Google Map with the site of the Conference for your orientation: here.
Programme	11:00 Welcome: Dr. Bianca Lind, Manageress from Bundesverband Deutscher Fleischrinderzüchter und -halter e.V (BDF) and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Rinderzüchter e. V. (ADR), Bonn / Germany 11:30 Background for the implementation of the project Mechthild Bening, Galloways vom Bebensee, Bebensee / Germany 11:40 Colours and markings in White Galloways The start of the project and the work with the data base Prof. Dr. H. H. Swalve, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle / Germany 12:30 The molecular approach in unravelling the inheritance of colours in White Galloways Prof. Dr. Dr. B. Brenig, University of Göttingen, Göttingen / Germany 13:00 Lunch 14:30 Practical part: Farm visit Galloways vom Bebensee, Mechthild Bening with all the demonstration animals from the research project, Bebensee 17:00 Recommendations for breeding of White Galloways Prof. Dr. H. H. Swalve und Prof. Dr. Dr. B. Brenig, Halle and Göttingen 18:30 A Poster Session followed by a Buffet Dinner You can download the White Galloway Conference Flyer as a PDF with the programme and all the contact information here.
Accomodation	Is in the Gasthof ‘Waidmann's Ruh’, please indicate with your reservation
Hosted by	Rinderzucht Schleswig-Holstein eG Rendsburger Straße 178 • D-24537 Neumünster www.rsheg.de
Register	To register for the White Galloway Conference on Sept 8, 2014 please contact: Rinderzucht Schleswig-Holstein eG Ms Ann-Kathrin Hamdorf Rendsburger Straße 178 • D-24537 Neumünster Phone: +49 4321 905 350 E-Mail: a.hamdorf@rsheg.de Or use the following registration form and send it to us per Email or Fax: White Galloway Conference 2014 registration form (PDF)

We would greatly appreciate prompt registration. You can get further information from:

Mechthild Bening

E-Mail: Bening.Galloway@t-online.de

Important Information

First Results online

"Molecular genetics of coat colour variations in White Galloway and White Park cattle"

B. Brenig, J. Beck, C. Floren, K. Bornemann-Kolatzki, I. Wiedemann, S. Hennecke, H. Swalve, E. Schütz

The summary of this report of 18th February, 2013, and how it is to continue may now be seen online.

Learn more here ...

Project Contact

White Galloway Stars
Email: info@
whitegallowaystars.com