Fourth LowInputBreeds Symposium 2014

The fourth symposium of the LowInputBreeds project (www.lowinputbreeds.org ) took place in Newcastle, UK, from April 15 to 16, 2014. At this symposium the results of the LowInputBreeds project, which came to an end in April 2014, were presented.

The proceedings of this Symposium were published in the LowInputBreeds Newsletter No. 10. (471 KB)

Info

• Conference flyer
• Venue: Newcastle University, Newcastle (see campus map on the right)
• Organisers: Nafferton Ecological Farming Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• Registration form: If you wish to attend the event, please use our registration form and send it to teresa.jordon@no-spam.newcastle.ac.uk
• Contact: Gillian Butler, project coordinator, Nafferton Ecological Farming Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Programme

Tuesday 15th April

• 08.45 - Registration - Herschel Building, Newcastle University
• 09.00 – Meeting commences (Lecture Theatre 2, Herschel Building)

Cattle (Tuesday am)

• An overview SP 1:
  Anna Bieber (FiBL) on behalf of Henner Simianer (Georg-August-University Goettingen)
• Interaction of production, fertility and fitness, and methane emission in low input cattle production
  Christian Reimer (Georg-August-University Goettingen )on behalf of Tong Yin and Sven König (Kassel University)
• Functional traits and genomic prediction
  Christain Reimer (Georg-August-University Goettingen)
• Cross- bred dairy production in UK
  Gillian Butler (Newcastle University)
• Industrial partner’s benefits from LIB: Fritz Schmitz-Hsu (Swissgenetics)

Sheep (Tuesday am)

• An overview SP2
  Hervé  Hoste (INRA)
• Effects of tannin containing resources on the parasitic nematodes
  Hervé Hoste (INRA) and/or Smaro Sotiraki (Demeter)
• Lamb meat quality
  Alessandro Priollo (University of Catania)
• Epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites and milk quality in ewes
  Nikos Voutzourakis (Newcastle University)
• Integrated strategies to control of gastrointestinal parasites
  Steffen Werne (FiBL)
• Use of Legumes and quality of lamb meat
  Sophie Prache / Thais Devincenzi (INRA Theix)
• A Commercial Perspectives on dissemination to farmers
  Smaro Sotiraki  (HAO / DEMETER) 

• 13.00 – LUNCH – Common Room, Agriculture Building, Newcastle University
• 14.00 – Meeting recommences (Lecture Theatre 2, Herschel Building)

Pigs (Tuesday pm)

• An overview of SP
  Jascha Leenhouwers (Topigs)
• Effect of heat stress and phosphorus supplementation on pig electron chain gene expression
  Simone Guimarães (Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil)
• Meat quality: survey approach
  Diane Holmes (Newcastle University)
• Commercial perspective of involvement in LIB
  Jascha Leenhouwers (Topigs)

Poultry (Tuesday pm)

• An overview of SP3
  Ferry Leenstra (Wageningen UR Livestock Research)
• Findings from the farm visit
  Monique Bestman (Louisbolk Institute)
• Fatty acids in eggs: the impact of season, management and genotype
  Eleni Chatzidimitriou (Newcastle University)
• Moulting to extend lay period
  Veronika Maurer  (FiBL)
• Commercial perspective on involvement in LIB
  Jeroen Visscher (Institut de Sélection Animale BV)

Wednesday, 16th April

• 09.00 – Meeting commences (hLecture Theatre 2, Herschel Building)

Horizontal activities (Wednesday am)

• Ethical issues considered in the LowInputBreeds project
  Karsten Klint Jensen (University of Copenhagen)