Session 23. Foetal programming in farm animals

Date: 25 August 2010; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Kuran (TR)

Theatre Session 23

• Pre- and early postnatal dietary interactions on development, metabolic and endocrine function from birth to adulthood in sheep
  Nielsen, M.O., Kongsted, A.H., Hellgren, L.I., Tygesen, M.P., Johnsen, L. and Husted, S.M.
• Foetal programming in pigs: phenotypic consequences, the role of genetic variation and epigenetic mechanisms
  Wimmers, K., Nuchchanart, W., Murani, E. and Ponsuksili, S.
• Maternal undernutrition programs leptin expression in offspring
  Chadio, S., Stavropoulou, M., Kotsampasi, B., Charismiadou, M., Papadomichelakis, G. and Menegatos, I.
• Developmental programming of health and fertility in farm animals
  Karamitri, A., Gardner, D.S. and Sinclair, K.D.
• High level iodine supplementation of the pregnant ewe alters serum IgG level and gene expression in the small intestine of the newborn lamb
  Boland, T.M., Kenny, D.A., Hogan, D., Browne, J.A. and Magee, D.A.
• 900 MHz electromagnetic radiation induces immunosuppression in young chicken
  Gabr, A., Chronopoulou, R., Kominakis, A., Samaras, T., Politis, I. and Deligeorgis, S.
• Effect of in ovo injection of royal jelly on hatchability outcomes in broiler chickens
  Moghaddam, A.A., Karimi, I., Borji, M., Bahadori, S. and Komazani, D.

Poster Session 23

• Lamb meat quality is not affected by the level of maternal nutrition between day 30 and day 80 of pregnancy in sheep
  Sen, U., Sirin, E., Ensoy, U., Ulutas, Z. and Kuran, M.
• Alterations of foetal hepatic gene expression in response to gestational dietary protein level in pigs
  Wimmers, K., Oster, M., Metges, C.C., Murani, E. and Ponsuksili, S.
• Influence of body condition score at lambing on milk yield and quality and growth of suckling lambs in Ojinegra sheep
  Ripoll-Bosch, R., Álvarez-Rodríguez, J., Blasco, I. and Joy, M.
• Effect of royal jelly injection in eggs on embryonic growth, hatchability and gonadotropin levels of chicks
  Moghaddam, A.A., Karimi, I., Borji, M., Bahadori, S. and Komazani, D.