Session 26. Physiology and genetics of stress and behaviour

Date: 26 August ‘09; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Manteca (ES)
 

Theatre Session 26

• Molecular genetics of neuroendocrine stress responses and robustness in pigs
  Mormede, P. and Foury, A.

• Biomarker development for recovery from stress in pig muscles
  Te Pas, M.F.W., Keuning, E., Kruijt, L., Van De Wiel, D.J.M., Young, J.F. and Oksbjerg, N.

• Differentially expressed genes for aggressive pecking behaviour in laying hens
  Buitenhuis, A.J., Hedegaard, J., Janss, L. and Sørensen, P.

• An attempt at alleviating heat stress infertility in male rabbits with some antioxidants
  El Tohamy, M.

• Behavioural genetics important for pig welfare
  Rydhmer, L. and Canario, L.

• Pigs’ aggressive temperament affects pre-slaughter mixing aggression, stress and meat quality
  Turner, S.P., D’eath, R.B., Kurt, E., Ison, S.H., Lawrence, A.B., Evans, G., Thölking, L., Looft, H., Wimmers, K., Murani, E., Klont, R., Foury, A. and Mormède, P.

• Identification of genes involved in the genetic control of aggressiveness, stress responsiveness, pork quality and their interactions
  Murani, E., D´ Eath, R.B., Turner, S.P., Evans, G., Foury, A., Kurt, E., Thölking, L., Klont, R., Ponsuksili, S., Morméde, P. and Wimmers, K.

• Temperament, adaptation and maternal abilities of Meishan and Large White sows kept in a loose-housing system during lactation
  Canario, L., Billon, Y., Mormède, P., Poirel, D. and Moigneau, C.

• Genetic relationships across four criteria of Limousin calf temperament in restrained or unrestrained conditions
  Benhajali, H., Boivin, X., Sapa, J., Pellegrini, P., Lajudie, P., Boulesteix, P. and Phocas, F.

• High milk production changes lying behaviour of dairy cows
  Duchwaider, V., Munksgaard, L. and Løvendahl, P.

 

Poster Session 26

• Cellular and genetic background of the adrenal sensitivity to adrenocorticotropic hormone in Large White and Meishan pigs
  Rucinski, M., Tyczewska, M., Ziolkowska, A., Mormede, P. and Malendowicz, L.K.

• Changes in physiological and blood parameters in water stressed Awassi ewes supplemented with different levels of Vitamin C
  Hamadeh, S.K., Hanna, N., Barbour, E.K., Abi Said, M., Rawda, N., Chedid, M. and Jaber, L.S.

• Estimation of genetic trends fromtofor stress-responsive systems in French Large White and Landrace pig populations using frozen semen
  Foury, A., Tribout, T., Bazin, C., Billon, Y., Bouffaud, M., Gogué, J.M., Bidanel, J.P. and Mormède, P.

• Genetic analysis of cross- and intersucking in Austrian dairy heifers
  Fuerst-Waltl, B., Rinnhofer, B., Fuerst, C. and Winckler, C.

• Factors affecting the peripartal stress response in beef cows
  Álvarez-Rodríguez, J., Palacio, J., Casasús, I. and Sanz, A.

• Age-dependent changes in behavioural and neuroendocrine responses of neonatal pigs exposed to a psychosocial stressor
  Hameister, T., Puppe, B., Tuchscherer, M., Tuchscherer, A. and Kanitz, E.

• Effect of carbon dioxide stunning (CO) on animal welfare in lambs
  Rodriguez, P., Dalmau, A., Llonch, P., Manteca, X. and Velarde, A.

• Altered gene co-expression profile in extreme feather-pecking behaviour
  Abreu, G.C.G., Labouriau, R. and Buitenhuis, A.J.

• Abnormal behaviours in therapeutic riding horses
  Li Destri Nicosia, D., Sabioni, S., Facchini, E., Ridolfo, E., Cerino, S., Giovagnoli, G. and Bacci, M.L.

• Gene expression and ontological analyses reveal a key role of LINEs in endurance horse race-induced stress conditions
  Cappelli, K., Capomaccio, S., Galla, G., Barcaccia, G., Felicetti, M., Silvestrelli, M. and Verini-Supplizi, A.