Coping with new regulation: Alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters and castration

Date: 07 June ‘05; 8:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Tollarrardona (ES)

Theatre

• Alternatives to piglet castration (Bonneau, M. and A. Prunier)

• Experiences with use of local anaesthesia for piglet castration (Fredriksen, B., O. Nafstad, B.M. Lium and C.H. Marka)

• Estimation of genetic parameters of boar taint; skatol and androstenon and their correlations with sexual maturation (Tajet, H. and T.H.E. Meuwissen)

• Inhibition of CYP2E1 expression by androstenone: relation to boar taint (Doran, O., J.D. McGivan, F.M. Whittington, W.S. Tambyrajah and J.D. Wood)

• Rearing of entire male pigs in a "farrow-to-finish-system": effects on boar taint substances and animal welfare (Fredriksen, B., O. Nafstad, B.M. Lium, C.H. Marka, B. Heier and E. Dahl)

• Seasonal production of small entire male pigs raised in one unit system (Jensen, H.F and B.H. Andersen)

• Boar taint in pigs fed raw potato starch (Chen, G., G. Zamaratskaia, H.K. Andersson, K. Andersson and K. Lundström)

• Influence of chicory roots (Cichorium intybus L) on boar taint in entire male and female pigs (Hansen, L.L., M.T. Jensen, J. Mejer, A. Roepstorff, S.M. Thamsborg, D.V. Byrne, A.H. Karlsson, J. Hansen-Møller and M. Tuomola)

• Alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters (AGP) (Wenk, C.)

• Holo-analysis of the effects of genetic, managemental, chronological and dietary variables on the efficacy of a pronutrient mannanoligosaccharide in piglets (Rosen, G.D.)

• Compatibility of B. toyoi and colistin in post-weaned piglets medicated diets (Morales, J., C. Piñeiro, G. Jiménez and A. Blanch)

• Efficacy of benzoic acid in the feeding of weanling pigs (Torrallardona, D. and J. Broz)

Poster

• Season for pigs: New quality of pig meat. Experiences with a demonstration sale (Andersen, B.H., A.C. Bech and H.F Jensen)
• The effects of different concentrations of hops on the performance, gut morphology, microflora and liver enzyme activity of newly weaned piglets (Williams, J., A.H. Stewart, J. Powles, S.P. Rose and A.M. Mackenzie)