Session 16. Challenges of rangeland farming systems (economics, grazing, reproduction, health and welfare)

Date: 29 August 2011; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Ådnøy

Theatre Session 16

• From grass to food – utilization of Norway rangeland for meat production
  Holand, Ø. and Steinheim, G.
• Sustainable rangeland utilization for sheep and goat production in Iceland
  Dýrmundsson, Ó.R.
• Investigation of the present situation and trends in the Cyprus sheep and goat sector
  Papachristoforou, C., Hadjipavlou, G., Miltiadou, D. and Tzamaloukas, O.
• Sustainable goat husbandry in Turkey
  Olfaz, M., Onder, H. and Tozlu, H.
• The use of GPS, pedometry and acoustics to infer activity of grazing animals
  Ungar, E.D.
• Effects of sheep grazing on sandy soils and turf quality
  Pistoia, A., Bondi, G., Casarosa, L., Poli, P. and Masciandaro, G.
• Fatty acid profile of typical Norwegian lambs sustained entirely on fresh mountain pastures
  Mushi, D.E., Steinheim, G., Johannessen, R., Thomassen, M. and Eik, L.O.
• Fat tailed sheep from Southern Africa: a special reference to the Damara
  Almeida, A.M.
• Milk quality of goats at mountain pasture grazing
  Dønnem, I., Randby, Å.T. and Haug, A.
• An application of data envelopment analysis to measure technical efficiency on a sample of Irish dairy farms
  Kelly, E., Shalloo, L., Geary, U. and Wallace, M.
• Effect of pre-grazing herbage mass on milk production, grass dry matter intake and grazing behaviour of dairy cows
  Tuñon, G., Kennedy, E., Hennessy, D., Kemp, P., Lopez Villalobos, N. and O’ Donovan, M.

Poster Session 16

• Behavioral aspects of Caracu and Red Angus cattle breeds in a pasture with shade and water immersion
  Geraldo, A.C.A.P.M., Pereira, A.M.F., Nogueira Filho, J.C.M. and Titto, E.A.L.
• Effect of limited vs. ad libitum concentrate feeding on the performance and carcass and meat quality of Parda de Montaña bulls finished on pasture
  Casasús, I., Joy, M., Albertí, P. and Blanco, M.