Book of Abstracts of the 55Th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production
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Book of Abstracts of the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production Book of abstracts No. 10 (2004) Bled, Slovenia 5 - 9 September 2004 Book of Abstracts of the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production The EAAP Book of Abstracts is published under the direction of Ynze van der Honing EAAP - European Association for Animal Production The European Association for Animal Production wishes to express its appreciation to the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali (Italy) and the Associazione Italiana Allevatori (Italy) for their valuable support of its activities. Book of Abstracts of the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production Bled,Slovenia,5 -9 September 2004 Ynze van der Honing,Editor-in-chief A.Hofer,E.Cenkvári,C.Fourichon,Y.Chilliard,C.Lazzaroni,L.Bodin,C.Wenk, W. Martin-Rosset and J.E.Hermansen Wageningen Academic Publishersb s e s This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned. Nothing from this publication may be translated, reproduced, stored in a computerised system or published in any form or in any manner, including electronic, mechanical, reprographic or photographic, without prior written permission from the publisher, Wageningen Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 220, 6700 AE Wageningen, the Netherlands, www.WageningenAcademic.com ISBN: 978-90-76998-45-9 The individual contributions in this publication and any e-ISBN: 978-90-8686-529-1 liabilities arising from them remain the responsibility of DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-529-1 the authors. 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Preface The 55th annual meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) is held in Bled,Slovenia,5 to 9 September 2004.The annual EAAP meeting gives the opportunity to present new scientific results and discuss their potential applicability in animal production practices.This year’s meeting is of particular interest for participants from a wide range of animal production organisations and institutions.Discussions stimulate developments in animal production and encourage research on relevant topics.In Bled the main theme is: “Sustainability of Livestock Systems”.Of the 38 sessions in total,21 joint sessions of two or more Study Commissions are planned on: • Society’s needs in relation to animal production systems (Plenary session) • Animal health and welfare in intensive and extensive systems • Management of grasslands for production,environment and landscape benefit • Management of genetic variation • Ethical issues in animal agriculture • Low-input systems • Large-scale pig farming systems • Indicators of environmental impact in livestock systems • Genomics of lactation • Genetics of disease resistance • International genetic evaluation • Longitudinal data in genetics • Cattle and buffalo reproduction,production and breeding • Herd modeling for improved management • Feed evaluation and livestock nutrition • Regulation of food intake • Alternative protein sources • Anti-nutritional factors and mycotoxins • Pig metabolism,growth and production • Sheep and Goat production • Sheep and Goat behaviour - relevance to welfare and management The book of abstracts is the main publication of the scientific contributions to this meeting; it covers a wide range of disciplines and livestock species.It contains the full programme and abstracts of the invited as well as the contributing speakers,including posters,of all 38 sessions.The number of abstracts submitted for presentation at this meeting (741) is a true challenge for the different study commissions and chairpersons to put together a scientific programme.In addition to the theatre presentations,there will be a large number of poster presentations during the conference. Several persons have been involved in the development of the book of abstracts.All their input and support is much appreciated. The programme is very interesting and I trust we will have a good meeting in Bled.During the annual meeting always a large number of people actively involved in livestock science and production enjoy to meet,exchange ideas and discuss developments in animal production.I hope that you will find this book a useful reference source as well as a reminder of a good meeting. Ynze van der Honing Editor-in Chief EAAP – 55th Annual Meeting,Bled 2004 VII EAAP Program Foundation Aim EAAP aims to bring to our annual meetings,speakers who can present the latest findings and views on developments in the various fields of science relevant to animal production and its allied industries.In order to sustain the quality of the scientific program that will continue to entice the broad interest in EAAP meetings we have created the “EAAP Program Foundation”.This Foundation aims to support • Invited speakers by funding part or all of registration and travel costs. • Delegates from less favoured areas by offering scholarships to attend EAAP meetings • Young scientists by providing prizes for best presentations The “EAAP Program Foundation” is an initiative of the Scientific Advisory committee (SAC) of EAAP.The Foundation is aimed at stimulating the quality of the scientific program of the EAAP meetings and to ensure that the science meets societal needs .In its first year (2003), the “EAAP Program Foundation” concentrates on the program of the Genetics commission. For the coming years the activities will be broadened to entire meeting.The Foundation Board of Trustees oversees theses aims and seeks to recruit sponsors to support its activities. Sponsorships We distinguish three categories of sponsorship:Student award sponsor,Gold sponsor,and Sponsor.The sponsors will be acknowledged during the scientific sessions commission. of the Genetics commission.The names of Student Award sponsors will be linked to the awards given to young scientists with the best presentation.Gold Sponsors and Student Award sponsors will have opportunity to advertise their activities during the meeting and their support for EAAP. Contact and further information If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the “EAAP Program Foundation” or want to have further information,please contact the secretary of the Foundation,Dr Andreas Rosati (e-mail:[email protected]). Sponsors of 2003 meeting The board of Trustees wants to thank the following organisations for their support: Student award sponsor: Labogena www.labogena.fr [email protected] Sponsors: Cavalor www.cavalor.com Intervet www.intervet.com EAAP – 55th Annual Meeting,Bled 2004 IX European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) President Aimé L. Aumaitre Executive Vice-President Andrea Rosati Address Villa del Ragno, Via Nomentana 134, I-00161 Rome,Italy Phone +39 06 86329141 Telefax +39 06 86329263 E-Mail [email protected] In cooperation with University of Ljubljana,Biotechnical Faculty,Zootechnical Department the Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Food the Ministry of Education,Science and Sport Organizing Committee Drago Kompan Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Franc Habe Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Viktor Krek Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Food,Ljubljana Marija Klopcˇicˇ Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Jozˇe AntonicˇThe Bled Commune,Bled Slavko Cˇ epin Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Marko Cˇ epon Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Milan Pogacˇnik Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Food,Ljubljana Branko Ravnik Agricultural Chamber of Slovenia,Ljubljana Jozˇe Stopar Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Jozˇe Cˇ eh Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Scientific advisory Committee Franc Habe Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Marija Klopcˇicˇ Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Silvester Zˇ gur Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Drago Kompan Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Milan Pogacˇnik Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Food,Ljubljana Peter Dovcˇ Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Milena Kovacˇ Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Andrej Lavrencˇicˇ Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Emil Erjavec Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Jozˇe Osterc Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Andrej Oresˇnik Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Janez Salobir Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Jozˇe Verbicˇ Agricultural Institute of Slovenia,Ljubljana Anton Vidrih Biotechnical Faculty,Zootech.Depart.,Domzˇale Organizing Committee Biotechnical Faculty,Zootechnical Department Groblje 3,1230 Domzˇale,Slovenia Tel.+386 1 7217 855 - Fax:+386 1 7211 701 e-mail:[email protected] X EAAP – 55th Annual Meeting,Bled 2004 56th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production Uppsala,Sweden,June 5 - 8,2005 Organizing Committee Congress Secretariat President:Bengt Everitt, Academic Conferences Swedish Dairy Association,Stockholm P. O. Box 7059 SE-750 07 Uppsala Vice President:Hans