Session 05. The impact of livestock on the environment

Date: 24 August ‘08; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Vriesekoop (NL)

Theatre Session 05

• Livestock, greenhouse gases and impact on environment
  Gerber, P. and H. Steinfeld
• Livestocks’ Long Shadow put in perspective
  Monteny, G.J. and E. Hartung
• Livestock impact on the environment: the US view
  Mitloehner, F.M.
• Development of a software to calculate pollutant emissions, resources consumptions and best available techniques effects on emissions and consumptions from Spanish farms
  Pineiro, C., G. Montalvo, M.A. Garcia, M. Herrero and M. Bigeriego
• Livestock systems, farming styles and grasslands maintenance in Alpine areas: an on farm survey in the Belluno province, North-eastern Italy
  Mrad, M., E. Sturaro, G. Cocca, L. Gallo and M. Ramanzin
• The effect of genetic improvement on emission from livestock systems
  Jones, H.E., C.C. Warkup, A. Williams and E. Audsley
• Dispersion of bacterial emissions from broiler houses
  Hartung, J., J. Schulz and J. Seedorf
• Assessment of effects of methane inhibitors in ruminants
  Lebzien, P. and G. Flachowsky
• Are there environmental benefits from feeding pigs with peas?
  (Presentation)
  Baumgartner, D.U., L. De Baan, T. Nemecek, F. Pressenda, J.-S. Von Richthofen and M. Montes
• Reduction of phosphorus excretion optimizing dairy cows’ supplementation
  Biagini, D. and C. Lazzaroni

Poster Session 05

• Occupational exposure to airborne micro-organisms and endotoxins in four housing systems for laying hens
  Springorum, A.C. and J. Hartung
• Nitrogen impact in grazing dairy farms
  Silva, C., T. Dentinho and A. Borba
• Monitoring of heterogenous substances in milk and in cow-barn environment
  Toušová, R., L. Stádník and I. Vanišová
• Meteorological variables can be used to predict nitrogen volatilisation from dairy cow manure during housing and short-term storage
  Atzori, A.S., G. Spanu, A. Fenu and A. Cannas
• Survey of the protein balance in diets for dairy buffalo herds
  Pace, V., D. Grani, S. Bartocci, S. Terramoccia, F. Carfì, M. Di Rubbo and A. Coletta
• Analysis of seasons of ammonia nitrogen, dust emission and microbiological air pollution in duck houses
  Skurdenienė, I., V. Ribikauskas, A. Benediktavičiūtė-Kiškienė, R. Juodka and S. Janušonis
• Intensity of microbiological changes in composted fur animal manure and their relationship to ambient thermal conditions
  Krawczyk, W. and P. Paraponiak
• Emission of harmful gaseous components and reduction in biogenic potential of composted chicken manure
  Krawczyk, W. and P. Paraponiak
• Substituting soya bean meal with faba beans: what are the environmental impacts in milk production?
  De Baan, L., D.U. Baumgartner, T. Nemecek, B. Cottrill and F. Pressenda
• Environmental impacts of introducing European grain legumes into broiler and laying hen feed in Brittany (France)
  Baumgartner, D.U., L. De Baan, T. Nemecek and K. Crépon
• Comparison of the mass balance method with the N to P ratio marker method to estimate nitrogen volatilisation in dairy cow barns
  Atzori, A.S., A. Cannas, G. Spanu and A. Fenu
• Antibacterial activity of essential oils in a broth dilution test
  Mickiene, R., A.C. Springorum, B. Bakutis and J. Hartung