Session 36. Free Communications in Pig Production

Date: 25 August 2010; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Knap (DE)

Theatre Session 36

• Nitrogen and carbon dioxide mixtures for stunning pigs: effect on aversion and meat quality
  Llonch, P., Rodríguez, P., Manteca, X. and Velarde, A.
• Enthalpy as a possible index of thermal load for animals in transit?
  Mitchell, M.A., Kettlewell, P.J., Villarroel-Robinson, M.R., Barreiro, P. and Farish, M.
• Current enrichment materials fail to address the cognitive potential of pigs
  Van Weeghel, H.J.E., Driessen, C.P.G., Gieling, E.T. and Bracke, M.B.M.
• Infrared thermography of the skin to assess pain in piglets
  Kluivers, M., Reimert, H. and Lambooij, E.
• Breed and sex effect on pork meat quality
  Rodrigues, S., Lourenço, M.C., Pereira, E. and Teixeira, A.
• Outputs and economic assessment of RFID technology and molecular biology (STRs) as innovative tools for traceability and origin protection in ‘Suinetto di Sardegna’
  Cappai, M.G., Baglieri, V., Nieddu, G. and Pinna, W.
• Effect of weaning age and rearing systems on Iberian piglets
  González, F., Robledo, J., Andrada, J.A., Vargas, J.D. and Aparicio, M.A.
• Birds as source of important bacterial pathogens in sows in outdoor production
  Kemper, N. and Ziegler, I.
• Seasonal infertility in swine caused by high ambient temperatures
  Vatzias, G., Asmini, E., Maglaras, G., Papavasiliou, D. and Markantonatos, X.
• Seminal plasma and spermatozoa quality in the boar: identification of novel biomarkers
  Dewaele, L., Tsikis, G., Ferchaud, S., Labas, V., Spina, L., Teixeira, A.-P., Druart, X. and Gérard, N.

Poster Session 36

• Effect of mutation at the MC4R locus on carcass quality of native Puławska breed
  Szyndler-Nędza, M., Tyra, M., Blicharski, T. and Piórkowska, K.
• Characteristics of the Polish nucleus population of pigs in terms of intramuscular fat (IMF) content of m. longissimus dorsi
  Tyra, M. and Żak, G.
• Meatness and fatness traits of Polish Large White and Polish Landrace pigs differing in fattening traits
  Zak, G., Tyra, M. and Rozycki, M.
• Improving pork quality through genetics and nutrition
  Zak, G. and Pieszka, M.
• Effect of dietary selenium on muscle fatty acid composition in pork
  Okrouhlá, M., Stupka, R., Čítek, J. and Šprysl, M.
• Determination of the effect of gender and MYOG gene on histological characteristics muscle in pigs
  Kratochvílová, H., Stupka, R., Čítek, J., Šprysl, M., Okrouhlá, M. and Dvořáková, V.
• Chemical composition, colour, oxidative and sensory attributes evaluation of national and imported hams
  De Santis, D., Danieli, P.P., A. Bellincontro, A., Bertini, D. and Ronchi, B.
• Number of myofibers increases from birth to weaning in pigs
  Rodríguez-López, J.M., Pardo, C. and Bee, G.
• Effect of transport, unloading, lairage, pig handling and stunning on meat quality
  Van De Perre, V., Permentier, L., De Bie, S., Verbeke, G. and Geers, R.
• Development of a new crossbred based evaluation for carcass quality traits of Piétrain boars in the Walloon Region of Belgium
  Dufrasne, M., Hammami, H., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J. and Gengler, N.
• Seasonal influences on reproduction in sows
  Citek, J., Stupka, R., Sprysl, M., Kratochvilova, H. and Likar, K.
• Effect of dietary creatine monohydrate supplementation on chemical composition, meat quality and oxidative status of pork
  Bahelka, I., Polák, P., Tomka, J. and Peškovičová, D.
• Effect of liveweight and backfat depth at first mating on subsequent reproductive performance of sows
  Sprysl, M., Citek, J., Stupka, R., Dvorakova, V. and Kratochvilova, H.
• Effect of RBP4 (Retinol Binding Protein 4) genotype on reproductive traits and rearing performance of piglets
  Mucha, A., Tyra, M. and Piórkowska, K.
• Body score effect on the farrowing interval in sows
  Stupka, R., Sprysl, M., Citek, J., Dvorakova, V. and Kratochvilova, H.
• Reproductive characteristics of pig farms in the region of Epirus, Greece
  Maglaras, G., Papavasiliou, D., Bizelis, J., Vatzias, G., Labidonis, D. and Nikolaou, M.
• Group housing of lactating sows with electronically controlled crates
  Bohnenkamp, A.-L., Traulsen, I., Müller, K., Tölle, K.-H., Meyer, C. and Krieter, J.
• Digestible lysine: metabolizable energy to barrows and gilts diets at 50 to 70 kg: performance and ultrasson parameters
  Gandra, E., Berto, D., Gandra, J., Donato, D., Budiño, F., Schammas, E. and Trindade Neto, M.
• Digestible lysine: metabolizable energy to barrows and gilts diets at 50 to 70 kg: aparent digetibility and blood parameters
  Gandra, E., Berto, D., Gandra, J., Garcia, P., Budiño, F., Schammas, E. and Trindade Neto, M.
• Microbial and biochemical properties of wet pig feed on Swedish farms
  Lyberg, K. and Lindberg, J.E.
• Effect of roughage on the growth performance of intensively raised pigs under outdoor housing system
  Juska, R., Juskiene, V., Leikus, R. and Norviliene, J.
• Relationships between performance test of gilts and their subsequent fatness, muscling and fertility
  Mucha, A., Orzechowska, B. and Tyra, M.
• Dietary preferences of piglets for mixtures of formic and lactic acids or their salts combined with or without phosphoric acid
  Suárez, J.A., Roura, E. and Torrallardona, D.
• Interactive effect of dietary energy concentration and genotype on the growth rate, feed conversion and body composition of pigs in the growing-finishing period
  Permentier, L., Maenhout, D., Broekman, K., Deley, W. and Geers, R.