Session 28 - Improving cattle performance and economics of dairy farming

Theatre Presentations

• Labour and economic aspects of dairy farming
  O'Brien, B., L. Shalloo, D. Gleeson, S. O'Donnell and K. O'Donovan - Bernadette.obrien@teagasc.ie
• Profitable dairy cow traits for future production circumstances
  Vries, A. de - devries@ufl.edu
• High-tech and low cost farming: What is the future?
  Hollander, C.J. - Ceesjan.Hollander@wur.nl
• Environment friendly and sustainable dairy systems in the Atlantic area
  Pfimlin, A. - andre.pflimlin@inst-elevage.asso.fr
• Fertility monitor: Management tool to improve fertility and farm economics
  Roelofs, R.M.G. and F. Hamoen - roelofs.r@nrs.nl
• Mastitis detection in dairy cows
  Henze, C. - chenze@tierzucht.uni-kiel.de
• Dairy farmers’ plans and communication under new EU policies
  Klopcic, M. - Marija.Klopcic@bfro.uni-lj.si
• Entrepreneurship and technical competencies
  Kuipers, A. - abele.kuipers@wur.nl
• Quantification of disease production losses in a dairy farm: a software to support on-farm estimation
  Fourichon, Ch., N. Bareille, F. Beaudeau and H. Seegers - fourichon@vet-nantes.fr
• Financial losses from clinical mastitis in Turkish dairy herds
  Yalcin, C. - cyalcin@veterinary.ankara.edu.tr
• Precision farming and models for improving cattle performance and economics
  Halachmi, I. - halachmi@volcani.agri.gov.il
• Opportunities for cattle husbandry in East Europe
  Svitojus, A. - arunas_svitojus@yahoo.com

Posters

• Investigation the effects of dietary rumen protected choline on performance of lactating dairy cows
  Toghdory, A.H. - toghdory@yahoo.com
• Evaluation of Spartan dairy ration balancer and net carbohydrate and protein system for predicting dry matter intake of Holstein cows during the midlactation
  Tghinejad Rudbane, M., A. Nikkhah, H. Amanloo and M. Kazemi - taghinejad_mehdi@yahoo.Com
• Comparison of lactating Holstein cows performance fed rations formulated by National Research Council 2001 and Cornell Pennsylvania Miner softwares
  Nikkhah, A., M. Kazemi, H. Mehrabani and M. Taghinejad - mehdi_dairyman@yahoo.com
• Prediction of the production of milk from the dairy control of the first third of the lactation
  P. Avilez, M. V. C. del Valle, H. Miranda, R. Acero, J. Perea and A. Garcia  - jpavilez@uct.cl