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First LowInputBreeds Symposium on Ethical Consideration in Livestock Breeding

LowInputBreeds

First LowInputBreeds Symposium on Ethical Consideration in Livestock Breeding

March 15 and 16, 2011, Wageningen, The Netherlands

www.lowinputbreeds.org/symposium-2011.html

 

In Partnership with ECO-AB

European Consortium of Organic Animal Breeding ECO-AB

LowInputBreeds: Key facts & figures

Development of integrated livestock breeding and management strategies to improve animal health, product quality and performance in European organic and ‘low input’ milk, meat and egg production - LowInputBreeds

  • 5-year EU Collaborative Project, funded under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities
  • Contract No. 222623
  • 94 person-years of research
  • Over 60 scientists
  • 21 leading research and industrial organisations
  • 15 countries
  • 4 livestock species: cattle (dairy and beef), sheep (dairy and meat), pigs, poultry
  • Running from 2009-2014
  • Project coordination: Newcastle University and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
  • www.lowinputbreeds.org

First LowInputBreeds Symposium: Programme & presentations

March 15, 2011

11.00-13.00

Plenary session: Ethical aspects related to methodologies in breeding and reproduction

  • Welcome
    Veronika Maurer, FiBL, scientific coordinator of the LowInputBreeds project
  • Ethical Concerns in LowInputBreeds: Background Paper
    Karsten Klint Jensen, Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment (CeBRA)
    Abstract - Presentation
  • Reproduction methods in breeding, effects, risks and benefits
    Jozsef Ratky, Research Institute on Animal Breeding, Hungary
    Abstract (39 KB)- Presentation (641 KB)
  • Genomic selection and the alternatives, risks and benefits
    Jack Windig, Wageningen UR Livestock Research
    Abstract (81 KB)
  • An organic perspective on reproduction methods and (genomic) selection
    Anet Spengler Neff, FiBL, and Wytze Nauta, Louis-Bolk-Institute
    Abstract (78 KB) - Presentation (904 KB)
  • Discussion
    Moderator: Karsten Klint Jensen, Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment (CeBRA)

14.00-15.30

Parallel sessions for each species group in LowInputBreeds

14.00-14.15: Aims of the Breeding Research in the LowInputBreeds Project and the Methods to be Used

  1. Subproject 1: Dairy Cows and Beef Cattle
    Filippo Biscarini, University of Göttingen and Sven König, University of Kassel
    Abstract     (38 KB) - Presentation (335 KB)
  2. Subproject 2: Sheep
    Hervé Hoste, INRA
    Abstract (29 KB)- Presentation (192 KB)
  3. Subproject 3: Pigs
    Jan Merks, Institute for Pig Genetics IPG
    Abstract (54 KB)- Presentatio (307 KB)
  4. Subproject 4: Laying hens
    Ferry Leenstra, Livestock Research, Wageningen University
    Abstract     (83 KB) - Presentation (84 KB)

14.15 -14.30: Ethical Problems and Breeding Goals

  • Subproject 1: Dairy Cows and Beef Cattle
    Henner Simianer,  University of Göttingen
    Presentation (517 KB)
  • Subproject 2: Sheep
    Smaro Sotirako, NAGREF
    Presentation (112 KB)
  • Subproject 3: Pigs
    Sandra Edwards, Newcastle University
    Abstract     (44 KB) - Presentation (337 KB)
  • Subproject 4: Laying hens
    Veronika Maurer, FiBL
    Abstract     (51 KB) - Presentation (490 KB)

14.30-14.45 Critical Comment

  • Subproject 1: Dairy Cows and Beef Cattle
    Wytze Nauta, Louis Bolk Institute, coordinator ECO-AB
  • Subproject 2: Sheep
    Marijke de Jong, Dutch Animal Protection
    Presentation (289 KB)
    (See also abstract (36 KB) by Joanne Conington, Scottish Agricultural College, who could not attend the meeting)
  • Subproject 3: Pigs
    Anna Wallenbeck, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    Abstract     (47 KB)
  • Subproject 4: Laying hens
    Gerard Albers,  ISA Hendrix Genetics
    Presentation (114 KB)

14.45-15.30 Questions and discussion (summarizing problem areas for workshop on March 16)

Moderation by Karsten Klint Jensen, Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment (CeBRA)

March 15, 16.00-17.15

Plenary sessions, input from outside LowInputBreeds: Specialization and high input vs low input

  • Breeding Goals
    Anne-Marie Neeteson, FABRE TP
    Presentation (518 KB)
  • Contribution of low-input livestock farming to biodiversity conservation
    Irene Hofmann, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
    Abstract (370 KB)- Presentation (1.1 MB)
  • Animal welfare
    Chris Atkinson, Soil Association, UK
  • Utilisation of resources
    Tom Dedeurwaerdere, University of Louvain
    Abstract (76 KB)

  • Discussion

March 15, 2011: Evening

  • LowInputBreeds: General assembly
  • ECO-AB: General meeting

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March 16, 2011

9.00 - 10.00: Low input breeds, utilization of resources and climate change

  • LowInputBreeds and climate change
    Jorgen Elvind Olesen, Aarhus University, Denmark
    Abstract     (56 KB)
  • Lifestock production systems and future food security?
    Gillian Butler, Julia Cooper, Steve Wilcockson and Carlo Leifert, Newcastle University/Nafferton Ecological Farming Group
    Presentation (606 KB)
  • Discussion

March 16, 10.30-12.00: Parallel workshops, discussion of ethical aspects, 4 groups, species oriented

  •  Setting the scene, compilation by moderator of input from previous sessions
    Moderator from work package 5.2 of the LowInputBreeds project
  • 10.40-11.50 Discussion
  • 11.50-12.00 Conclusions, remaining questions

13.30-14.30: Plenary session, reflection

  • 13.30-13.50 Reports from the parallel workshops (five minutes each)
  • 13.50-14.05 Reflection by ECO AB
    Anet Spengler, FiBL and Wytze Nauta, Louis Bolk Institute
  • 14.05  - 14.20 Reflection by EU  policy (264 KB)
    Anne-Sophie Lequarré
  • 14.20-14.30 Discussion
    Karsten Klint Jensen, Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment (CeBRA)

15.00h onwards: Meetings of project subgroups

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