FABRE TP Society meeting

The Society Meeting took place Wednesday 16 April 2008, 9.00-17.00h, Brussels, Belgium

This successful meeting was attended by 55 attendees and followed by 30 people by the internet, with a top of 45 people following by internet.

Chairman: Andrea Rosati (European Association for Animal Production)

Introduction FABRE TP, Strategic Research Agenda and practical applications
Anne-Marie Neeteson (European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders)

Session 1 Social responsibility

• Implications of the EFSA scientific opinions on animal disease, animal welfare and food safety
  Oriol Ribó (EFSA Dept Animal Health and Welfare)
• Future scenarios for competitive cattle breeding systems
  Brian Wickham (Irish Cattle Breeding Federation)

Session 2 Global responsibility and competitiveness

• Animal Welfare
  Marijke de Jong (Dutch Animal Welfare Organisation)
• Poultry and Aquaculture Breeding
  Ken Laughlin (Wesjohann Group)

Session 3 Diversity and distinctiveness Diversity and distinctiveness

• The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources
  Paul Boettcher (FAO - Animal Production and Health Division)
• Sheep Breeding
  Antonello Carta (Agricultural Research Agency of Sardinia)

Session 4 Knowledge base - biotechnology, genetics and reproduction

• Pig Breeding
  Jan Merks (Institute for Pig Genetics)
• Equids Breeding
  William Martin-Rosset (EAAP - President of Horse commission)

Discussion panel; Chair: Roland Aumüller (DLG and ZDS)

• A Vision from the European Parliament
  John Purvis (European Parliament)