Notes Notes from the Group of Editors This version of Scientifur, which is the third issue of Please note that the papers in the proceedings have volume 28, contains the proceedings of the VIII been divided into the following two groups: International Scientific Congress in Fur Animal Production, held in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The RP – reviewed scientific articles and Netherlands, 15 – 18 September 2004. P – short communications On behalf of the Group of Editors Birthe Damgaard Erratum Erratum to table 5, page 124, in the article “Ideal Protein for Mink (Mustela vison) in the Growing and Furring Periods” Peter Sandbol, T.N. Clausen and C. Hejlesen. Scientifur, Vol 28, No 3, proceedings, VIII International Scientific Congress in Fur Animal Production, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 15-18 September 2004, Due to faulty conversion from g/100 kcal ME to g/MJ, the whole table in the publication shows incorrect values. However this does not change anything else in the publication. The correct figures are as shown below: Table 5. Estimated content of amino acids in gram/MJ during the growing period, compared to an Ideal Protein (IP) and the present norm. 22 ME from protein, → → → → → Present % 32 28 24 20 16 30 26 22 18 14 IP Norm Met incl, MHA* 0.62 0.53 0.46 0.38 0.31 0.57 0.50 0.43 0.34 0.26 0.38 0.38 Met 0.34 0.30 0.25 0.21 0.17 0.31 0.28 0.23 0.19 0.15 0.38 0.38 Cys 0.23 0.20 0.17 0.14 0.11 0.22 0.19 0.16 0.13 0.10 0.14 0.14 Lys 1.03 0.91 0.77 0.65 0.53 0.98 0.83 0.72 0.57 0.46 0.65 0.65 Thr 0.72 0.65 0.55 0.46 0.36 0.67 0.60 0.50 0.41 0.31 0.46 0.46 Trp 0.23 0.20 0.17 0.14 0.11 0.21 0.18 0.15 0.13 0.10 0.14 0.14 His 0.43 0.36 0.31 0.26 0.21 0.38 0.34 0.29 0.23 0.19 0.26 0.36 Phe 0.89 0.79 0.67 0.55 0.46 0.83 0.72 0.62 0.50 0.38 0.53 0.69 Tyr 0.69 0.60 0.53 0.43 0.34 0.65 0.55 0.48 0.38 0.31 0.43 0.43 Leu 1.68 1.46 1.27 1.05 0.83 1.58 1.37 1.15 0.93 0.74 0.95 1.20 Ile 0.77 0.67 0.57 0.48 0.38 0.72 0.62 0.53 0.43 0.34 0.41 0.62 Val 1.03 0.89 0.77 0.65 0.50 0.95 0.83 0.69 0.57 0.46 0.53 0.83 Arg 1.20 1.03 0.89 0.74 0.60 1.13 0.95 0.81 0.67 0.53 0.74 0.74 Gly 1.15 1.01 0.86 0.72 0.57 1.07 0.93 0.79 0.65 0.50 Ala 1.10 0.95 0.81 0.69 0.55 1.03 0.89 0.74 0.62 0.48 Ser 0.91 0.79 0.67 0.57 0.46 0.83 0.74 0.62 0.50 0.41 Asp 1.39 1.20 1.03 0.86 0.69 1.29 1.13 0.95 0.77 0.60 Glu 2.49 2.18 1.86 1.56 1.25 2.32 2.01 1.70 1.39 1.07 Pro 1.15 1.01 0.86 0.72 0.57 1.07 0.93 0.79 0.65 0.50 VIII International Scientific Congress in Fur Animal Production - ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 15-18 September 2004 Table of Content Welfare and Ethics I Author Title Number Page Ahola Group housing may impair fur quality in raccoon dogs I – 4 4 Korhonen Comparison of hall and shed as housing environments for blue foxes I – 6 7 Mink welfare improved by combined implementation of several small Jeppesen initiatives I – 7 11 The anticipatory behaviours of mink expecting a positive or negative Hansen reward I – 8 19 Trapezov Have fur bearers become domesticated ? I – 9 24 Evaluation of comfort of fur-bearing animal keeping by analyzing Plotnikov behaviour I – 11 33 Trapezov Conflicts arise between minks of different behavioral types I – 12 36 Effect of coat color mutation in mink on the adrenal cortex function at Trapezov pelting time in siberian climate I – 13 42 Bespyatykh Young nutria behaviour in runs of different types I - 14 44 Health II Author Title Number Page Møller Management of health in mink, Møller (keynote) II – 1 50 Christensen A preliminary linkage map of the mink (Mustela vison) genome II – 2 58 Slugin Not diagnosed stage of aleutian disease. II – 3 61 Characteristics of some morphological and biochemical indices of Fedoseeva marmots bred in cages II – 5 65 A level of some indices of the oxidation state in blood plasma of mink at Bis-Wencel slaughter period under the definite maintenance and feeding conditions II – 6 68 Rouvinen- Watt Mink nursing sickness survey in North America II – 7 71 Hynes Body condition and glycemic control in mink females during reproduction and lactation II – 8 79 Clausen Wet kits in mink, a review II – 10 87 Domski Oral immunization of fur-bearing animals against salmonellosis II – 14 91 Nutrition III Author Title Number Page Polonen/ Sonderup/ A systematic approach to sustainable fur farming, with special reference to Koenen feed and feeding (keynote) III - 1 96 Influence of using enzymatic preparations: α-amylase, β-glucanase Brzozowski and xylanase on fur quality and nutrient digestibility in polar foxes III - 2 100 Different ratio between n-6 and n-3 fatty acids in diets for lactating mink (Mustela vison) dams – effect on milk and kit tissue fatty acid Hansen composition. III - 3 103 Physico-chemical properties of different carbohydrate sources in the gut of Laerke mink III - 4 110 Effect of lactic acid bacteria and β-glucanase treatments on the nutritive Valaja value of barley for growing blue fox III - 5 116 VIII International Scientific Congress in Fur Animal Production - ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 15-18 September 2004 Nutrition III Author Title Number Page Sandbol Ideal Protein for Mink (Mustela vison) in the Growing and Furring Period. III – 6 120 Rouvinen- Effect of feeding intensity on body condition and glycemic control in mink Watt Mustela vison III – 7 129 The effect of ad libitum and restricted feeding on growth curves and Nielsen growth rate curves in mink selection lines III – 8 136 Leoschke Sodium BiSulfate As A Mink Feed Preservative III – 9 140 Gas-producing microorganisms in formic acid preserved poultry by- Ahlstrom products III – 10 142 Kulikov The importance of protein for young mink fed with dry feed III – 12 147 Kvartnikova Nourishing qualities of APK concentrate for minks, cubs III – 13 150 Individual ad libitum feeding of male + female pairs of mink kits during Møller the growth period increases feed intake, weight gain and feed efficiency III – 14 154 Effects of intensive fasting and methyl groups of feed on liver metabolism Nenonen and welfare in breeding blue fox (Alopex lagopus) vixens III - 15 159 The biochemical parameters in serum of mink fed high energy feedstuff Bis-Wencel with antioxidants and preservatives supplement. III – 16 165 Clausen Correlation between liver fat and dry matter in mink (Mustela vison) III – 17 168 Effects of feeding strategy on behaviour, physiological parameters and Damgaard feed residues in mink females III - 18 170 Regulation of lipid and glucose metabolism in the mink (Mustela vison) – Glover Sequence analysis and development of molecular probes III - 19 174 Hejlesen The effect of protein level on N-balance in adult mink (Mustela vison) III - 20 182 Bacterial protein produced on natural gas as a protein scource in dry diets Skrede for the growing-furring blue fox III - 21 188 Genetics and Reproduction IV Author Title Number Page Stochastic simulation of breeding schemes to improve economic genetic Hansen merit in mink production IV – 1 194 Johannessen Inbreeding in a commercial fur animal breeding programme IV – 2 201 Genetics of littersize, age at first insemination and animal size in blue fox Peura (Alopex lagopus) IV – 3 206 Diapause, implantation and placentation in the mink: A critical role for Murphy embryonic signaling. IV - 6 211 Nowakowicz- The effects of air pollutants on the cortisol and progesterone secretion in Debek polar fox (Alopex lagopus) IV - 7 218 The influence of antioxidant emicidin on minks’ physiological condition Sugrobova and reproduction IV - 8 222 The measurements of the skin electrical conductivity in the acupuncture points affecting reproduction in female polar foxes, Alopex lagopus, Sciesinski during the estrus period IV - 9 225 Farid Isolation of microsatellite markers for American mink (Mustela vison) IV - 10 228 Liter size, weaning success, and nursing mortality in chinchillas Felska (Chinchilla lanigera) in relation to cage illumination IV -11 234 Jakubczak Evaluation of pastel fox breeding results in Poland - body confirmation IV - 12 238 Jezewska Genetic variability of choosen conformation traits in chinchilla IV - 13 244 VIII International Scientific Congress in Fur Animal Production - ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 15-18 September 2004 Genetics and Reproduction IV Author Title Number Page Genetic and phenotypic parameters of animal size and fur traits in Socha Common Silver Fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) IV - 14 248 Genetic parameters of size and fur quality Socha in a mink population (mustela vison sch.) IV - 15 251 Comparison of reproduction management intensity of three genetic lines of Sulik female chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera M.) IV - 16 254 Morphological changes of spermatozoa in breeding Raccoon dogs semen Szeleszczuk during cryopreservetion IV - 17 259 Induction of estrus and ovulation in breeding chinchilla by GnRh Szeleszczuk analogues IV - 18 263 Growth parameters and organ size of American marten (Martes americana) Collins born in captivity IV - 19 266 Fur Properties V Author Title Number Page The influence of pelting time on pelt characteristics in blue fox (Alopex Blomstedt lagopus) V - 2 272 Population genetics and registration of fox pelts in warehouses.