Session 03. Opportunities and challenges for grassland-based systems

Date: 23 August 2010; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Hadjigeorgiou (GR)

Theatre Session 03

• Grazing systems in Mediterranean Europe with focus on dairy sheep and goats: understanding and driving the forage-animal-livestock product continuum
  Molle, G., Decandia, M., Cabiddu, A. and Sitzia, M.
• Modeling heterogeneous ecosystems with large herbivores
  Coughenour, M.B.
• Local challenges for the future of extensive livestock farming systems in contrasted regional environments
  Gibon, A., Ickowicz, A. and Tourrand, J.F.
• Livestock farms in mountainous grassland area: outlook ‘2015’
  Veysset, P., Rozière, B., Benoit, M. and Laignel, G.
• Maximising the use of rangelands in a meat sheep farming system (South of France): impact on technical, economic and environmental performance
  Benoit, M. and Jouven, M.
• Goat’s grassland-based systems in the Western Mediterranean area: present situation and future challenges: case study of Spain
  Mena, Y., Ruiz, F.A. and Castel, J.M.
• Intensive dairy farming in Denmark and the role of grazing
  Kristensen, T.
• Effect of post-grazing sward height on grass production and performance of four beef heifer genotypes
  Minchin, W. and Mcgee, M.
• Naturally occurring phytoestrogen effects on twinning rate in Maremmana cattle breeding
  Primi, V., Danieli, P.P., Marchitelli, C. and Nardone, A.

Poster Session 03

• Nutrient utilization and growth performance in sheep receiving different silages with or without concentrate
  Nisa, M., Shahzad, M.A., Khan, S.H. and Sarwar, M.
• Effect of grazing time on milk fatty acids composition in sustainable dairy cattle systems of humid areas
  Roca-Fernández, A.I., González-Rodríguez, A., Vázquez-Yáñez, O.P. and Fernández-Casado, J.A.
• The effect of linseed supplemention on growth, carcass traits, fatty acid profile, retail shelf life, and sensory attributes of beef from steers finished on grassland of the northern Great Plains
  Kronberg, S.L., Scholljegerdes, E.J., Lepper, A.N. and Berg, E.P.
• Rearing of dairy cattle herd replacements at pasture
  Roca-Fernández, A.I., González-Rodríguez, A. and Salvatierra-Rico, J.A.
• Determination of relationship between botanical composition and biomass quantity of grasslands and NIR reflectance by using NDVI derived from Remote Sensing data
  Bozkurt, Y., Basayigit, L. and Kaya, I.
• Effect of indoor alfalfa hay supplementation on pasture intake in a rationed dairy sheep grazing system
  Arranz, J., García-Rodríguez, A., Ruiz, R., De Renobales, M. and Mandaluniz, N.
• Use of a combination of n-alkanes and their carbon isotope enrichments as diet composition markers
  Derseh, M.B., Pellikaan, W. and Hendriks, W.
• Growth, botanical composition, yield and quality of annual and perennial grasslegume swards under rainfed conditions in Greece
  Economou, G., Theodorou, E., Tsiplakou, E., Kotoulas, V. and Hadjigeorgiou, I.
• Comparison of the eating behaviour of two cow types on pasture
  Kunz, P., Wetter, A., Roth, N. and Thomet, P.