Ágúst Sigurðsson
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Stofnun : Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands\Hvanneyri
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Starfsheiti : Rektor
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Menntun
B.Sc.-90 í búvísindum frá Bændaskólanum á Hvanneyri 1989.
Ph.D. gráða í búfjárrækt og erfðafræði frá Sænska landbúnaðarháskólanum 1996.
Viðurkenningar
Viðurkenning fyrir framúrskarandi Ph.D. ritgerð frá Konunglegu sænsku akademíuninni í landbúnaði og skógrækt, 28. janúar1997.
Starfsferill
Rektor Landbúnaðarháskóla Íslands frá 1. ágúst 2004.
Landsráðunautur í hrossarækt hjá Bændasamtökum Íslands 1999-2004.
Landsráðunautur í erfðafræði og búffjárrækt hjá Bændasamtökum Íslands1996-2004. Bar ábyrgð á rannsóknum og þróun kynbótamats á nautgripum og hrossum frá 1992 og sauðfé frá 1996.
Fyrirlesari við Landbúnaðarháskólann á Hvanneyri í tölfræði, erfðafræði og búfjárrækt fyrir B.Sc. nema frá 1996. Umsjónarmaður BSc og MSc nema á Hvanneyri.
Ransóknamaður meðan á PhD námi stóð á Interbull Centre, Uppsala Sweden og í hlutastarfi 1997-1998. Umsjónarmaður MSc nema við SLU.
Fyrirlesari og námskeiðshaldari í málum tengdum hrossarækt frá 1990 í Evrópu og Norður Ameríku. Alþjóðlegur kynbótadómari fyrir íslenska hesta.
Héraðsráðunautur í hagfræði og tölvumálum hjá Búnaðarsambandi Suðurlands 1989-1990.
Tamningar og þjálfun hrossa, aðallega á Kirkjubæ, með köflum árin 1974-1993. Hrossaræktandi á Kirkjubæ síðan 1992. Sumarvinna með námi 1983-1989: Landgræðsla ríkisins, Gunnarsholti, Graskögglaverksmiðjan Stórólfshvoli, byggingafélagið Virkir building company, Búnaðarsamband Suðurlands, Selfossi.
 Ritaskrá ( Publications )
Prófritgerðir
B.Sc. ritgerð 1989. Skyldleikarækt og kynbótaeinkunnir Kirkjubæjarhrossa. Bændaskólinn á Hvanneyri
Ph.D. thesis 1995. Multiple trait genetic evaluation of dairy cattle within and across countries. Swedish Univ. of Agric. Sci., Uppsala.
Greinar
2006
Jón Viðar Jónmundsson, Ágúst Sigurðsson og Þorvaldur Kristjánsson (2006). BLUP-kynbótamatið fyrir kjötmatseiginleika hjá íslensku sauðfé haustið 2006. Freyr 102(4), 30-33.
2004
Árnason Th., Björnsdóttir, S. & Sigurdsson, A (2004). Heritability of bone spavin in Icelandic horses and means of reducing its frequency by genetic selection.
Árnason, Th, Sigurdsson, A & Lorange, J.B. 2006. Global genetic evaluations of the Icelandic horse and genetic connectedness between countries. In: Proc. of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Horizonte, MG. Brazil, August 13-18.
Björnsdóttir, S., Sigvaldadóttir, J., Broström, H., Langvad, B. & Sigurdsson, A. 2006. Summer eczema in exported Icelandic horses: influence of environmental and genetic factors Acta Vet Scand. 48: 3.
1998
Sigurdsson, A. & Jonmundsson, J.V. 1998. Distribution of the Thoka gene in Iceland. 49th annual meeting EAAP, Warsaw, Poland. (Book of Abstracts).
Árnason, Th. & Sigurdsson, A. 1998. A computing procedure for estimating genotype probabilities at eight individual colour loci in the Icelandic toelter horse. 49th annual meeting EAAP, Warsaw, Poland. (Book of Abstracts No. 4, pp 322).
1997
Sigurdsson, A., Hugason, K. & Árnason, Th. 1997. Breeding strategies and genetic progress in the Icelandic toelter population. 48th annual meeting EAAP, Vienna, Austria. (Book of Abstracts No. 3, pp 377).
Árnason, Th. & Sigurdsson, A. 1997. Genetic analysis of performance test traits in Icelandic toelter horses in Iceland and Sweden. 48th annual meeting EAAP, Vienna, Austria. (Book of Abstracts No. 3, pp 377).
1996
Sigurdsson, A., Banos, G. & Philipsson, J. 1996. Estimation of genetic (co)variance components for international evaluation of dairy sires. Acta Agric. Scand., sect. A, Animal Sci. 46:129-136.
Weigel, K.A., Banos, G. & Sigurdsson, A. 1996. International sire evaluations and conversions in upgrading populations with changing means and variances. In: Proc. of the open session of the Interbull annual meeting, june. 23-24, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 5 pp
1995
Arnason, Th., Klemetsdal, G. & Sigurdsson, A. 1995. Nordiska hästraser - gamla genresurser ägnade för framtidens behov. NJF´s kongress, 26-29 juni, Reykjavík, Ísland. 9 s.
Fikse, W.F., Sigurdsson, A. & Banos, G. 1995. Genetic correlations between three countries for conformation traits. In: Proc. of the open session of the Interbull annual meeting, Sept. 7-8, Prague, Czech Republic, 4 pp.
Sigurdsson, A. & Arnason, Th. 1995. Predicting genetic trend by uni- and multitrait models. Acta Agric. Scand., sect. A, Animal Sci. 45: 1-10.
Sigurdsson, A. & Banos, G. 1995. Dependent variables in international sire evaluations. Acta Agric. Scand., sect. A, Animal Sci. 45: 107-119.
Sigurdsson, A. & Banos, G. 1995. Estimation of genetic correlations between countries. In: Proc. of the open session of the Interbull annual meeting, Sept.7-8, Prague, Czech Republic, 6 pp.
Sigurdsson, A., Banos, G. & Philipsson, J. 1995. Estimation of genetic parameters within and across country. Interbull Workshop, June 29-30th, Uppsala, Sweden.
Sigurdsson, A. & Jonmundsson, J.V. 1995. Inbreeding and its impact in the closed population of Icelandic dairy cattle. Acta Agric. Scand., sect. A, Animal Sci. 45: 11-16.
Banos, G. & Sigurdsson, A. 1995. Application of contemporary methods for the use of international data in national genetic evaluations. J. Dairy Sci. 79:1117-1125.
1994
Banos, G. & Sigurdsson, A. 1994. Multiple-trait analysis for conformation and other non-dairy-production traits. In: Proc. of the open session of the Interbull annual meeting Ottawa, Canada, August 5-6, 5 pp.
Sigurdsson, A & Banos, G. 1994. Choice of the dependent variable in international evaluations. In: Proc. of the open session of the Interbull annual meeting Ottawa, Canada, August 5-6, 6 pp.
Sigurdsson, A & Jonmundsson, J.V. 1994. Inbreeding accumulation and pedigree completeness in the Icelandic dairy cattle population. In: Proc. of the 5th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Guelph, Canada, August 7-12, vol 17, 140-143.
1993
Sigurdsson, A. 1993. Estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters for production traits of Icelandic dairy cattle. Acta Agric. Scand., sect. A, Animal Sci. 43: 81-86.
1992
Sigurdsson, A., Banos, G. & Philipsson, J. 1992. Sire evaluation procedures for dairy production traits practised in various countries 1992. Interbull Centre, Uppsala, Sweden, 84 pp.
Sigurdsson, A., Banos, G. & Philipsson, J. 1992. Sire evaluation procedures for non-production, growth and beef production traits practised in various countries 1992. Interbull Centre, Uppsala, Sweden, 51 pp.
Philipsson, J., Banos, G. & Sigurdsson, A. 1992. Red and White Breed potential. 7th World Ayrshire Conf., Sept. 27-Oct. 2, 1992, Jönköping, Sweden. 7 pp.
1990
Sigurdsson, A. & Arnason, Th. 1990. Th. Inbreeding and it’s effects on fertility in horses at the Kirkjubær stud. Icel. Agric. Sci. 3, 89-100.
Sigurdsson, A. & Arnason, Th. 1990. Prediction of breeding values and estimated genetic trend in horses at the Kirkjubær stud. Icel. Agric. Sci. 3, 101-112.
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