Dr. Victor Olori

Manager of Global Genetic Evaluation System and Team, Aviagen, UK 

Topic; Fertility of chickens: Understanding and modelling the ‘minefield’ for balanced genetic improvement

Dr Olori received a PhD in Animals Breeding and Genetics from the University of Edinburgh in 1998. He studied general Agriculture (B. Agric) and Animals Science (MSc) at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He has worked as a geneticist in the livestock sector since his graduation, first for the Irish cattle breeding federation (ICBF) and from 2005 for Aviagen Limited. In both organisations, he was responsible for the development and maintenance of the genetic evaluation system required for routine estimation of breeding values. With a keen interest in sustainable balanced genetic improvement, Dr Olori has researched widely into the area of fertility leading to novel approaches for the genetic evaluation of fertility in both cattle and now in chickens and turkeys.  He is a senior geneticists and current manager of the Aviagen global genetic evaluation team (GET) which is responsible for the evaluation of pure lines in four chicken breeding programs and two turkey breeding programs sited across two continents.