Date: 27 August ‘07; 14:00 - 18:00 hours

Chairperson: C. Wenk (CH)

Theatre Session 26

• Genetic parameters for carcass traits, bone strength and osteochondrosis in Finnish Landrace and Finnish Large White pigs
  Sevón - Aimonen, M.-L., A. Storskrubb, A. Mäki - Tanila, M. Honkavaara and M. Puonti
• Genetic parameters for litter size in pigs by joining purebred and crossbred data
  Malovrh, Š., E. Groeneveld, N. Mielenz and M. Kovač
• Parameters of AI boars and predicted correlated responses of selection against boar taint
  Bergsma, R., E.F. Knol and H. Feitsma
• Piglet preweaning survival and its relationship with the breeding goal of a Large White boar line
  Cecchinato, A., V. Bonfatti, L. Gallo and P. Carnier
• Claw lesions as a predictor of lameness in breeding sows
  Deen, J., S.S. Anil and L. Anil
• In vivo and post mortem electronic identification and DNA analysis in swines
  Pinna, W., M.G. Cappai, G. Garau, A. Fraghì and S. Miari
• Performance and carcass quality of castrates and boars fed a standard or a potato starch enriched diet
  Pauly, C., P. Spring, J. O’Doherty and G. Bee
• Growth and product quality of different pig breeds fattened according to the regulations of organic farming
  Küster, S., U. Baulain, M. Henning and H. Brandt
• Effects of the water-feed ratio and of a rheological sepiolite on some physical parameters of liquid feed and performance of pigs
  Royer, E., V. Ernandorena and F. Escribano
• Evaluation of different farrowing systems regarding productivity and animal welfare
  Baumgartner, J., E. Ofner, E. Quendler and C. Winckler
• Performance and carcass quality of genetically different pigs under conventional and organic conditions
  Werner, D., W. Brade, F. Weismann and H. Brandt
• Motivation for additional water intake in dry and liquid fed finishing pigs
  Vermeer, H.M. and N. Kuijken
• Relationship between behaviour of sows and piglet losses
  Wischner, D., B. Hellbrügge, K.-H. Tölle, U. Presuhn and J. Krieter
• Changing from chemical to near infrared transmittance analysis for intramuscular fat content
  Gjerlaug-Enger, E.J., B. Holm and O. Vangen
   

Poster Session 26

• Performance and carcass quality of entire male pigs fattened on a commercial farm in Switzerland
  Pauly, C., J. O’Doherty and P. Spring
• A comparison of vitality and growth performance before weaning of crossbred piglets obtained from Piétrain or crossbred Large White x Piétrain boars and Large White x Landrace sows
  Quiniou, N., I. Mérour and S. Boulot
• Effect of providing turkey drinkers as a source of supplementary water to newly weaned pigs
  Lawlor, P.G., P.B. Lynch and A. Guilhot
• Pig hybridization in Lithuania
  Klimienė, A. and R. Klimas
• Physical changes in gestating sow body size
  O’Connell, M.K., P.B. Lynch, S. Bertholet, F. Verlait and P.G. Lawlor
• Predicting body weight of gestating sows from morphometric measurements
  O’Connell, M.K., P.B. Lynch, S. Berthelot, F. Verlait and P.G. Lawlor
• Monitoring physical characteristics and productivity of multiparous sows
  O’Connell, M.K., P.B. Lynch and P.G. Lawlor
• Evaluation of selected factors influenced on the reproduction of sows in pork production farm in CR
  Jezkova, A. and J. Vitasek
• Effect of slaughter weight and gender on the concentration of skatole and androstenone in the back-fat of pigs
  Mullane, J., P.G. Lawlor, P.B. Lynch, J.P. Kerry and P. Allen
• Evaluation of different ultrasound intensity level to predict intramuscular fat in live pigs
  Bahelka, I., P. Demo, E. Krupa and L. Hetényi
• Influence of five gestation feeding regimes for sows on lactation feed intake, lactation weight loss and subsequent farrowing rate and litter size
  Mc Namara, L., P.G. Lawlor, P.B. Lynch, M.K. O’Connell and N.C. Stickland
• Behavioural and physiological changes in pigs subjected to different fasting or lairage times
  Cros, J., J. Tibau, J. Soler, X. Puigvert, M. Gispert, A. Velarde and E. Fabrega
• Studies of meat and fat quality of different crossbred pigs
  Ribikauskiene, D. and B. Zapasnikiene
• Semi-parametric survival analysis of sow longevity on the basis of the accumulated number of piglets born
  Casellas, J., N. Ibáñez-Escriche and J.L. Noguera
• Effect of breed, sex and slaughter weight on performances of Canadian purebred pigs
  Maignel, L., P. Mathur, F. Fortin and B. Sullivan
• Evaluation of lying behaviour of sows housed in farrowing pens with different design
  Botto, L., P. Kisac, M. Knizatova, L. Macuhova, V. Brestensky and S. Mihina
• Inhibition of androstenone production as an alternative to castration of piglets
  Bucher, B., H. Joerg and C. Wenk
• Analysis of sex influence on chemical composition of pig meat
  Okrouhlá, M., R. Stupka, J. Cítek, M. Sprysl, E. Kluzáková and M. Trnka