Nutrition and management strategies to improve resource use in livestock systems

Date: 08 June ‘05; 8:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Milne (UK)

Theatre

• Improving resource use in ruminant systems (Milne, J.A.)

• Nutrition and animal management as part of a global strategy for reducing the environmental impact of pig production (Bonneau, M., J.-Y. Dourmad, C. Jondreville and P. Robin)

• Impact of alternative dairy systems on greenhouse gas emission (Fredeen, A.H., M. Main, S. Juurlink, S. Cooper and R. Martin)

• Effect of group size on feed intake and growth rate in kids and lambs (Van, D.T.T. and I. Ledin)

• Effect of feeding different levels of foliage from Moringa oleifera to creole dairy cows on intake, digestibility, milk production and composition (Sánchez, N.R. and I. Ledin)

• Effect of milking frequency and nutritional level on milk production characteristics and reproductive performance of dairy cows (O'Brien, B.)

• Effect of milking frequency and nutrition on cow welfare (Boyle, L., B. O'Brien and D. Gleeson)

• Dealcoholized beer replacement for water in poultry as a novel alternative approach (Parlat, S.S. and I. Yildirim)

• Replacing barley with soy hulls in an automatic milking system (Halachmi, I., E. Shoshani, R. Salomon, E. Maltz and J. Miron)

• Development of a deterministic model to create a dairy herd (Nousiainen, J.I., L. Jauhiainen, M. Toivakka and P. Huhtanen)

Poster

• Performance of imported dairy cows under Libyan hot weather conditions (Belgasem, B.M. and A.B. El-Magdub)
• Efficiency of using grape marc in rations of Rahmani lambs (Awadalla, I.M.)
• The effect of yeast culture (Saccharomyces cervisiae) on digestibility of sugar cane bagasse in sheep (Kafilzadeh, F. and A. Paryad)
• Effects of substitution of cottonseed meal by canola meal on milk yield and apparent digestibility of dry matter, organic matter and crud protein in diets of dairy cow (Ghorbani, G.R. and S.M. Masumi)
• Effects of short dry periods on milk yield of Holstein dairy cattle (Ghorbani, G.R. and H.R. Rahmani and A. Pezeshki)
• Influence of phosphorus level and soaking on phosphorus availability and performance in growing-finishing pigs (Lyberg, K., A. Simonsson and J.E. Lindberg)
• Effect of ruminant livestock systems on grassland condition in Patagonia, Argentina (Villagra, S., C.B.A. Wollny, C. Giraudo and G. Siffredi)
• Effect of two diets on the growth of the Helix aspersa Müller during the juvenile stage (García, A., J. Perea, R. Martín, R. Acero, A. Mayoral and M. Luque)
• Effect of milking frequency and nutritional level on milking characteristics and teat condition of dairy cows (Gleeson, D., B. O'Brien and L. Boyle)
• Comparison of pelleted vs mash-feed form administration in nursery-finisher pigs (Morales, J., L.M. Ramírez and C. Piñeiro)
• Performance and carcass quality of broilers fed diets based on three fibre types (Iyayi, E.A., O. Ogunsola and R.A. Iyaya)
• Dynamics of pastures and fodder crops for Mirandesa cattle breed (Galvao, L., O.C. Moreira, R. Valentim, J. Ramalho Ribeiro and V. Alves)
• Reduction of nitrogen environmental impact by diet manipulation in swine (Moreira, O.C., O. Oliveira, J. Martins Santos, M.A. Castelo Branco, F. Calouro, S. Sousa, A.S. Monteiro and J. Ramalho Ribeiro)