Date: 28 August ‘07; 08:30 - 12:30 hours

Chairperson: P. O’Kiely (IE)

Theatre Session 28

• Maximising forage and pasture use to produce milk
  Peyraud, J.L. and L. Delaby
• Effect of daily herbage allowance and concentrate supplementation offered to spring calving dairy cows in early lactation
  Kennedy, E., M. O’Donovan, F. O’Mara and L. Delaby
• Effect of daily herbage allowance and concentrate level on dry matter intake and milk performance of spring calving dairy cows in early lactation
  Mc Evoy, M., M. O’Donovan, T. Boland and L. Delaby
• Effect of perennial ryegrass cultivar maturity and defoliation pattern on sward nutritive composition
  Hurley, G., M. O’Donovan and T.J. Gilliland
• A strategic model to maximise pasture use in the diet of dairy cows
  Van den Pol-Van Dasselaar, A., G. Holshof, A.P. Philipsen and R.L.G. Zom
• Feed intake and milk yield of dairy goats and sheep depending on quality of forage and level of supplement
  Ringdorfer, F., L. Gruber, G. Maierhofer and E. Pöckl
• How does sward accessibility affect intake and feeding choices in horses?
  Edouard, N., G. Fleurance, P. Duncan, B. Dumont and R. Baumont
• Effect of maturity on cell-wall digestibility of guineagrass
  Stabile, S.S., D.R. Salazar, L. Jank and L.F.P. Silva
• Effects of tanniniferous oak (Quercus hartwissiana) leaves on leptin, insulin-like growth factor-I and pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in lambs
  Yildiz, S., M. Cenesiz, M. Kaya, F. Onder, O. Ucar, M. Uzun, D. Blache, M. Blackberry, I. Kaya, Y. Unal and G.B. Martin
• Faecal NIRS: A practical method for monitoring goat nutrition under freeranging conditions
  Glasser, T.A., S. Landau, E.D. Ungar, A. Perevolotsky, L. Dvash, H. Muklada and D. Kababya
• Chelated trace elements improve hill lamb performance
  Masson, L.L., J.C. Alliston, J. White and G.P.F. Lane
• Effects of chopping and stage of maturity of whole-crop barley silage on feed intake and eating rate in dairy steers
  Rustas, B.-O., A. Sahlin, E. Nadeau and P. Nørgaard
• Use of hay-rich diet for Piemontese beef production
  Lazzaroni, C. and D. Biagini
   

Poster Session 28

• Evaluation of different kinds of silage supplemented with limestone
  Eweedah, N.M., M.S. Saleh, H.M. Gaafar, E.M. Abdel-Raouf and W.E. Hagag
• Isolation of genes related to lignin biosynthesis in tropical forages
  Lazarini, P., L. Jank and L.F.P. Silva
• Effect of hours at pasture on production, milk composition and behaviour of dairy cows
  Kristensen, T., F. Oudshoorn and J. Sahana
• Chemical composition, tannin content, and in sacco, in vitro and short-term in vivo digestibility of oak (Quercuss hartwisiana) leaves
  Yildiz, S., I. Kaya, Y. Unal, C. Arslan and A. Oncuer
• Nutritive value assessment of some trees and shrubs grown in Saudi Arabia as alternative feed resources for camels and sheep
  Al-Soqeer, A.A., S.N. Al-Dobaib and H.E.M. Kamel
• Management strategies in hill pastures of Central Italy grazed by rotationalstocked cattle
  D’Ottavio, P., M.F. Trombetta and R. Santilocchi
• Effect of preference for white clover or red clover silage over ryegrass silage on nutrient supply, milk yield and composition in dairy cows
  Van Dorland, H.A., H.-R. Wettstein, H. Leuenberger and M. Kreuzer