Book of abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science : : Warsaw, Poland, 31 August - 4 September, 2015 / / J. Conington [and ten others].

• VerfasserIn: Conington, John, 1825-1869,
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen, Netherlands : : Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: EAAP Book of Abstracts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (577 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This Book of Abstracts is the main publication of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation for Animal Science 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. It contains abstracts of the invited papers and contributed presentations. The meeting addressed subjects relating to science and innovation.Important problems were also discussed during the sessions of EAAP's nine Commissions: Animal Genetics, Animal Nutrition, Animal Management and Health, Animal Physiology, Cattle Production, Sheep and Goat Production, Pig Production, Horse Production and Livestock Farming Systems.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Warsaw; National Organisers of the 66th EAAP Annual Meeting; Friends of EAAP; Acknowledgements; European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP); Scientific Programme EAAP 2015; Commissions; Scientific Table of Content; Session 01. Climate smart cattle farming and breeding - Part 1: general overviews (in cooperation with EU projects METHAGENE, RUMINOMICS, OPTIBARN); Theatre Session 01; Global perspectives for climate smart cattle farming and breeding; M.C.T. Scholten; Achieving economic and socially sustainable climate smart farming; E. Wall

Climate smart cattle farming - management and system aspectsT. Kristensen and L. Mogensen; Dairy production and the carbon cycle: the importance of land use and land use change; C.E. Van Middelaar and I.J.M. De Boer; Optimised animal specific barn climatisation facing climate change; S. Hempel1, B. Amon1, C. Ammon1, G. Hoffmann1, C. Menz2, G. Zhang3, I. Halachmi4, A. Del Prado5, F. Estelles6, W. Berg1, R. Brunsch1 and T. Amon1; Ruminomics - connecting the animal genome, gastrointestinal microbiomes and nutrition; C. Thomas1 and J. Wallace2

METHAGENE - towards large-scale methane measurements on individual ruminants for genetic evaluationsY. De Haas1 and J. Lassen2; Poster Session 01; Biomarking methane emissions from livestock farming using co-enzyme M: an exploratory study; H.M. Oliveira1, M.A. Segundo2, A.J.M. Fonseca1 and A.R.J.B. Cabrita1; Methane production by dairy cows measured in an automatic milking system; S. Van Engelen1,2, H. Bovenhuis1, P.P.J. Van Der Tol3, J.A.M. Van Arendonk1,2 and M.H.P.W. Visker1; Quantification of environmental impacts from dairy and beef production on national scale in Japan

S. Yamada, K. Oishi, H. Kumagai and H. HirookaGenetic approaches for methane mitigation strategies; J. Lassen1, G.F. Difford1,2, L.M. Kristensen1, L. Zetouni1 and P. Løvendahl1; Effect of body fat mobilization in early lactation on methane production from first-lactating cows; A. Bielak, M. Derno, H.M. Hammon and B. Kuhla; Effect of high N efficiency rations on N excretion in beef cattle; D. Biagini and C. Lazzaroni; High starch content in the diet lowers methane emissions from bull calves; A.L.F. Hellwing, P. Lund and M. Vestergaard

Effects of increased milk yield per cow on GHG emissions from milk and beef productionB.A. Åby1, P. Crosson2, L. Aass1 and O.M. Harstad1; Field assessment of ammonia emissions after soil application of cattle slurry amended with additives; M.Y. Owusu-Twum1, R. Subedi2, A.S. Santos1, J. Coutinho3, C. Grignani2 and H. Trindade1; Identifying suitable future South African areas for milk production of Holstein cows on pastures; R. Williams1, M.M. Scholtz2,3, M.D. Fair2 and F.W.C. Neser2

Session 02. Strategies of national gene banks for AnGR in Europe for long term conservation purposes and to support in situ conservation of endangered breeds