XVII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ANIMAL HYGIENE 2015 “Animal hygiene and welfare in livestock production – the first step to food hygiene” PROCEEDINGS June 7–11, 2015 | Košice, Slovakia ISBN 978-80-8077-462-2 COMMITTEES SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ORGANISING COMMITTEE Ass. Prof. Andres Aland (Estonia) Main Organiser of the Congress Ass. Prof. Thomas Banhazi (Australia) Ass. Prof. Ján Venglovský (Slovakia) Prof. Endong Bao (China) Members Prof. Jozef Bíreš (Slovakia) Dr. Tatiana Čornejová (Slovakia) Ing. Zuzana Bírošová (Slovakia) Dr. Gabriela Gregová (Slovakia) Prof. Lýdia Čisláková (Slovakia) Dr. Rudolf Hromada (Slovakia) Ass. Prof. Frank van Eerdenburg (Netherlands) Prof. Miloslav Ondrašovič (Slovakia) Ass. Prof. Štefan Faix (Slovakia) Dr. Naďa Sasáková (Slovakia) Ass. Prof. Stefan Gunnarsson (Sweden) Ass. Prof. Ingrid Papajová (Slovakia) Prof. Jörg Hartung (Germany) Dr. Dušan Chvojka (Slovakia) Prof. Peter Juriš (Slovakia) Dr. Ján Kachnič (Slovakia) Ass. Prof. László Könyves (Hungary) Dr. Ján Koščo (Slovakia) Ass. Prof. Peter Korim (Slovakia) Dr. Katarína Veszelits Laktičová (Slovakia) Prof. Jaroslav Legáth (Slovakia) Ľudmila Nagyová-Tkáčová (Slovakia) Prof. José Martinez (France) Dr. Miloš Mašlej (Slovakia) Prof. Štefan Mihina (Slovakia) ISAH EXECUTIVE BOARD Prof. Jana Mojžišová (Slovakia) President Ass. Prof. Branislav Peťko (Slovakia) Prof. Jörg Hartung (Germany) Prof. Emil Pilipčinec (Slovakia) Dr. Silvia Rolfová (Slovakia) Vice-President Prof. Gustavo Ruiz-Lang (Mexico) Ass. Prof. Andres Aland (Estonia) Dr. Hermann Schobesberger (Austria) 2nd Vice-Presidents Dr. Ladislav Stodola (Slovakia) Ass. Prof. Ján Venglovský (Slovakia) Ass. Prof. Ján Venglovský (Slovakia) Prof. Endong Bao (P. R. of China) Secretary Ass. Prof. Stefan Gunnarsson (Sweden) Treasurer Ass. Prof. Lásló Könyves (Hungary) Members at Large Ass. Prof. Thomas Banhazi (Australia) Dr. Hermann Schobesberger (Austria) The scientific content and standard of the papers is the sole responsibility of the authors. XVII International Congress on Animal Hygiene 2015, Košice, Slovakia CONTENTS FOREWORD......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 PLENARY LECTURES ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 SENTIENCE AND PAIN IN RELATION TO ANIMAL WELFARE ................................................................................................. 3 Donald M. Broom DISEASE CONTROL IN A CHALLENGING GEOPOLITICAL REGION ...................................................................................... 8 Nadav Galon FUTURES THINKING AND THE PERFECT STORM – BEING PREPARED FOR FUTURE ANIMAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ..............................................................................................................................................................................11 Alex Morrow THE CURRENT SITUATION IN HEALTH AND IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN SLOVAKIA .......................................................14 Jozef Bíreš ORAL PRESENTATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 20 Animal welfare, health and behaviour ........................................................................................................................ 20 THE EFFECTS OF HIGH AND LOW CONCENTRATE FEEDING ON DAIRY COWS’ FEEDING BEHAVIOUR ....................20 M. Soonberg and D. Arney IMPACT OF STRAW DELIVERY FREQUENCY ON THE HEALTH OF FINISHING PIGS AND PEN CLEANLINESS ...........22 L. Wahlund, C. Lindahl, A.-K. Lind MONITORING WELFARE IN PRACTICE ON DUTCH DAIRY FARMS .....................................................................................24 F.J.C.M. van Eerdenburg, J. Hulsen, B. Snel and J.A. Stegeman PIG WELFARE ASSESSMENT BASED ON PRESENCE OF SKIN LESIONS ON CARCASS AND PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN ORGANS ...............................................................................................................................................................26 N. Čobanović, N. Karabasil, N. Ilić, M. Dimitrijević, D. Vasilev, A. Cojkić, Lj. Janković WELFARE AND HOUSING ASPECTS OF LAYING HENS WITH INTACT BEAK IN AVIARY SYSTEMS ..............................29 B. Spindler, M. F. Giersberg, J. Hartung, R. Andersson and N. Kemper WELFARE, HEALTH AND BIOSECURITY - THE BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION OF FARM ANIMALS ................32 P. Novak, G. Mala, K. Tittl WELFARE IMPROVEMENT OF LAYING HENS UNDER SEMI-OPEN REARING DURING COLD PERIOD WITH ZN AND VITAMIN C SUPPLEMENTATION ...............................................................................................................................................35 N. Bozakova, L. Sotirov, K. Nedelkov and M. Simeonov CALF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, DISEASES AND ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE ..............................................................38 L. Seppä-Lassila, M. J. Tenhunen, K. Sarjokari, M. Hovinen, M. Norring, T. Soveri COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS AND TRADITIONAL VETERINARY PRACTICES OF SMALL SCALE CATTLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN SRI LANKA ............................................................................................................................................................41 P.H.G.J. De Silva and D.C.A. Kalubowila MILK YIELD IN TUNISIAN HOLSTEIN COWS ...........................................................................................................................44 Y.Ressaissi, M.Ben Hamouda IMPACT OF FIRST PARITY LITTER SIZE ON SOW STAYABILITY AND LIFETIME PRODUCTION .....................................46 E. Andersson, J. Frössling, B. Algers, L. Engblom, S. Gunnarsson MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF CHICKS HATCHED ON FARM............................................................................49 N. Falke, C. Habig, J.Schulz, J.Hartung, N. Kemper MODELLING HYGIENE CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIAN PIGGERY BUILDINGS....................................................................51 Thomas Banhazi HEALTH AND WELFARE IN ORGANIC LAYING HENS; AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF EUROPEAN EGG PRODUCING FARMS ..................................................................................................................................................................55 Stefan Gunnarsson, Monique Bestman, Christine Brenninkmeyer, Paolo Ferrari, Jasper Herkens, Knut Niebuhr, Jan Tind Sørensen, and Alice Willett ISAH 2015 HOUSING EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN PIGS ............................................58 Thomas Banhazi THE EFFECT OF THREE BEDDING MATERIALS ON ACID-BASE BALANCE OF ARTERIAL BLOOD OF HORSES .........63 A. Kwiatkowska-Stenzel, D. Witkowska, J. Sowińska, A. Stopyra, A. Wójcik, T. Mituniewicz USING A PIG SCREAM SOUND MONITOR TO GIVE AN INDICATION OF THE PIGS’ IMPAIRED WELFARE DUE TO FEED DEPRIVATION ...................................................................................................................................................................66 J. Vandermeulen, C. Bahr, S. Ott,, E. Tullo, I. Fontana, M. Guarino, C.P.H. Moons, F.A.M. Tuyttens, T.A. Niewold, D. Berckmans UTILIZATION OF LAYER-TYPE COCKERELS FOR COMMERCIAL MEAT PRODUCTION ..................................................69 P.H.G.J De Silva, Y.M. Wickramasinghe and D.C.A. Kalubowila EVALUATION OF SOME ANIMAL WELFARE INDICATORS ON BEEF CATTLE IN SILVOPASTORAL VS EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS .....................................................................................................................................................................................72 S. Huertas, P. Bobadilla, J. Piaggio, F. Vila, J. Baruch & A. Gil TRIMMING FETLOCK HAIR EFFECT ON EQUINE HOOF THRUSH .......................................................................................74 J. Baruch, F. Vila, S. Huertas, A. Gil THE INFLUENCE OF HOUSING SYSTEM ON VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY OF HORSES ..........................................................77 K. Gulbrandsen, A.H. Herlin AMMONIA AND HYDROGEN SULPHIDE CONCENTRATIONS AND EMISSIONS IN LARGE-SCALE UNINSULATED LOOSE-HOUSING COWSHEDS IN TEMPERATE CLIMATE CONDITIONS ...........................................................................79 A. Kaasik Antibiotic resistance .................................................................................................................................................... 82 OCCURRENCE OF CARBAPENEM RESISTANT AND CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE (CPE) ISOLATED ON GERMAN PIG-FATTENING FARMS ......................................................................................................82 Nicole Roschanski, Anika Friese, Annemarie Käsbohrer, Lothar Kreienbrock and Uwe Roesler SURVEY OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN RAW AND TREATED MANURES FROM TWO PIG FARMS ....................83 A-M. Pourcher, C. Ziebal, E. Boscher, S. Picard, M. Perrot, J. Desneux, A. Diara, M. Denis MSSA AND MRSA CO-COLONIZATION DYNAMICS AND CLONAL DIVERSITY IN PIGS ....................................................86 A. Friese, U. Roesler, B. Kraushaar, A. Fetsch MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION, PHAGE TYPES AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS FROM CHICKENS AND CHICKEN MEAT IN TURKEY ............87 H. Kalender, S. Şen, H. Hasman, R. S. Hendriksen, F. M. Aarestrup EMISSION OF ESBL/AMPC-PRODUCING E. COLI FROM BROILER AND TURKEY FATTENING FARMS IN GERMANY