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Session 25. Breeding goals including environment behaviour and welfare considerations

Date: 26 August ‘08; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Van Arendonk (NL)

Theatre Session 25

• Challenges of including welfare and environmental concerns in the breeding goal
  Nielsen, H.M., P.R. Amer and I. Olesen
• Defining weights in a dairy cattle breeding goal
  Steine, T. and E. Sehested
• Genetic relations between the group effect for average daily gain, and postmixing aggression and skin lesions in Swedish pigs
  Canario, L., R. Bergsma, R.B. D´eath, A.B. Lawrence, R. Roehe, N. Lundeheim, L. Rydhmer, E. Knol and S.P. Turner
• Feasibility and implications of selecting against pig aggressiveness
  Turner, S.P., R. Roehe, R.B. D’eath, S.H. Ison, M. Farish, M.C. Jack, N. Lundeheim, L. Rydhmer and A.B. Lawrence
• Application of social effects in a pig breeding program
  Knol, E.F., N. Duijvesteijn, R. Bergsma and P. Bijma
• Survival of the currently fittest: genetics of rainbow trout survival across time and space
  Vehviläinen, H., A. Kause, C. Quinton, H. Koskinen and T. Paananen
• Genetic analysis of temperament data of Goettingen minipigs
  Köhn, F., A.R. Sharifi and H. Simianer
• Breeding for resistance to footrot in UK sheep
  Conington, J., G.J. Nieuwhof, A. Mclaren, N. Lambe, B. Hosie, S.C. Bishop and L. Bünger
• Robustness: breeding for optimum traits
  Van Pelt, M.L. and G. De Jong

Poster Session 25

• Effect of rearing system on rabbit behaviour
  Russo, C., G. Paci, M. D’agata, C. Mozzoni and G. Preziuso
• A multidisciplinary research program for sustainable breeding goals and selection criteria
  Phocas, F., A.C. Dockès, M. Dupont-Nivet, H. Gilbert, S. Grasteau and P.B. Joly
• Maternal protective behaviour of German Angus and Simmental beef cattle after parturition and its relation to production traits
  Hoppe, S., H. Brandt, G. Erhardt and M. Gauly
• Development of a breeding objective for Estonian Holstein cattle
  Pärna, E., H. Kiiman, M. Vallas, H. Viinalass, O. Saveli and K. Pärna
• Roughages to organic growing/finishing pigs: influence on activity behaviour and social interactions
  Høøk Presto, M., B. Algers and K. Andersson
• Decreased phosphorus excretion with poultry manure by feeding extruded rapeseed
  Vitina, I.I., V. Krastina and J. Miculis
• Deer meat and cattle crosses beef biochemical evaluation
  Jemeljanovs, A., J. Miculis, I. Jansons, D. Paeglitis and B. Lujane
• Genetic analysis of piglet growth and its correlation to further reproductive performance in Landrace sows
  Lundgren, H., L. Canario, K. Grandinson, B. Zumbach, O. Vangen and L. Rydhmer
• Stated preferences of llama keeping functions in Bolivia
  Markemann, A., A. Stemmer, M. Siegmund-Schultze, H.-P. Piepho and A. Valle Zárate
• Evaluation of the thermal efficiency of housing systems for dairy cows
  Menesatti P., D’Andrea S., Baldi M., Lanini M., Vitali A., Lacetera N.,Bernabucci U., Nardone A.