Bratislava 2012

Book of Abstract: Bratislava 2012 Abstracts

Sessions

• Plenary Session
• Session 01. Mammary gland development and function (biology of lactation workshop)
• Session 02. Opportunities to use genomic information for in-situ and ex-situ conservation
• Session 03. Breeding and management for milk, beef and product quality
• Session 04A. Livestock farming systems in emerging and developing countries: trends, roles and goals
• Session 04B. Labour issues in livestock farming systems (workload, gender, lifestyle, satisfaction, part-time agriculture, immigration)
• Session 05. Free communications in horse genetics
• Session 06. Piglet survival through lactation performance, milk composition and management
• Session 07. Detection and control of mastitis and lameness
• Session 08. Feeds and feed evaluation for ruminants (nitrogen utilization by ruminants symposium)
• Session 09. Mammary health during the transition period (biology of lactation workshop)
• Session 10A. PRRS eradication or control: what needs to be done?
• Session 10B. Breeding and conservation of dog breeds
• Session 11. Breeding and management for meat and product quality
• Session 12. Closing the phenomic gap: methods, data collection and experiments to select for new traits
• Session 13A. Horse genetic resources focused to Central Europe
• Session 14A. Lamb and kid perinatal survival and vigour
• Session 14B. Free communications: sheep and goats
• Session 15. Innovative and practical management strategies to reduce N excretion from dairy farms (nitrogen utilization by ruminants symposium)
• Session 16. Synthesis and secretion of specific constituents into colostrum and mature milk
• Session 17. Genomic selection
• Session 18. Modelling complexity in LFS to address trade-offs and synergies for efficiency
• Session 19. Impact of stockmanship on animal welfare and integrity
• Session 20. Organic and low input dairy farming systems
• Session 21. Free communications: nutrition
• Session 22. Phenotyping complex traits in dairy and beef cows, applications
• Session 23A. AI, reproductive technologies and fertility in sheep and goats
• Session 23B. The effect of nutrition and metabolic status on follicle, oocyte and embryo development
• Session 24A. Entrepreneurship, farm and herd management
• Session 24B. Health and fertility: aspects of breeding, energy balance and transition periods
• Session 25. Using genomic data for management and non-breeding purposes
• Session 26. Nutritional value of by-products derived from the bio-based economy
• Session 27. Entrepreneurship, farm and herd management
• Session 28. Health and fertility: aspects of breeding, energy balance and transition periods
• Session 29. Animal welfare research and education in enlarged Europe
• Session 30. Free communications: pig nutrition and management
• Session 31. New systems design and technologies to mitigate emissions
• Session 32. Genetics business meeting and free communications
• Session 33. Cattle business meeting and free communications
• Session 34. Horse business meeting and free communications
• Session 35. Sheep and Goats business meeting and free communications
• Session 36. Pigs business meeting and free communications: pig genetics
• Session 37. Livestock Farming Systems business meeting and free communications
• Session 38. Animal Physiology business meeting and free communications
• Session 39. Management and health business meeting and free communications
• Session 40. Nutritional strategies to reduce methane
• Session 41. Industry session: Precision dairy and beef farming
• Session 42. Genetics free communications
• Session 43. Efficiency and optimization in ruminant husbandry
• Session 44. Nutrient sensing and signalling in the gastrointestinal tract; mechanisms, physiological significance and impact on animal’s performance and health
• Session 45. Genomics and horse production: from science to practice
• Session 46. Health in small dairy ruminants (lactation and milking of small ruminants symposium)
• Session 47. Impact of market requirements and production conditions on pig breeding goals: mainstream and niche
• Session 48. Adaptation of livestock farming systems to climate change and uncertainty
• Session 49. What’s new about stress, behaviour, physiology and welfare in animals?
• Session 50. Analysis of complex traits based on genome sequences and high density genotyping
• Session 51. Efficiency, competitiveness and structure of ruminant husbandry in Eastern Europe
• Session 52. Milk quality, technology and processing in S&G (lactation and milking of small ruminants symposium)
• Session 53. Adaptation of livestock to climatic stress
• Session 54. Fibre production in Central and Eastern countries