Date: 26 August ‘07; 14:00 - 18:00 hours

Chairperson: G. Keane (IE)

Theatre Session 11

• Crossbreeding in beef production: some principles and tools
  Simm, G., T. Roughsedge and E.A. Navajas
• Genetic evaluation of growth of dual-purpose bulls
  Pribyl, J., H. Krejcova, J. Pribylova, I. Misztal, N. Mielenz, J. Kucera and M. Ondrakova
• Problems of conservation and crossing of Hungarian Grey cattle
  Bodó, I., I. Gera, A. Radácsi and B. Béri
• Crossbreeding in temperate grazing conditions: breed and heterotic effects for beef tenderness in steers
  Navajas, E.A., I. Aguilar, J. Franco, O. Feed, S. Avendaño and D. Gimeno
• Liveweight breeding values for dairy breeds and crosses in New Zealand
  Pryce, J.E., S. Sim, B.L. Harris and W.A. Montgomerie
• Quality beef production from pure and crossbred dairy calves
  Patterson, D.C., L.E.R. Dawson and T. Yan
• Comparison of Friesian, Aberdeen Angus x Friesian and Belgian Blue x Friesian steers finished at pasture or indoors
  Keane, M.G.
• Extensive steer fattening including a summering period and different finishing strategies
  Chassot, A., P.-A. Dufey and J. Troxler
• A comparison of high and standard dairy genetic merit, and Charolais x dairy male animals for beef production
  Mcgee, M., M.G. Keane and A.P. Moloney
• Effect of crossbreeding on market value of calves from dairy cows
  Dal Zotto, R., M. De Marchi, P. Carnier, M. Cassandro, L. Gallo and G. Bittante
• Forage and concentrate based finishing strategies for cull dairy cows
  Minchin, W., M.A. O’Donovan, D.A. Kenny, L. Shalloo and F. Buckley
   

Poster Session 11

• Effect of diet containig grape skin on productive performances of Podolica and crossbred baby-beef
  Marsico, G., S. Dimatteo, A. Rasulo, S. Tarricone and R. Celi
• Effect of breed on growth rate and body measurements in young steers
  Campion, B., M.G. Keane, D.A. Kenny and D.P. Berry