Session 23. Programme and elections meeting followed by Free communications on Pig Production

Date: 25 August ‘08; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Knap (DE)

Theatre Session 23

• Diversity of pig farmers’ logic in Corsica
  Commandeur, M.A.M. and F. Casabianca
• Assessment of floor design in finishing pig pens: integration of slat width, gap width and proportion of solid floor
  Spoolder, H., I. Vermeij and J. Enting
• Captive bolt air jet stunning can improve welfare and meat quality of slaughter pigs
  Hartung, J., T. Von Mueffling and B. Nowak
• Temperature, water intake and eating rank of sows for health- and fertility monitoring
  Kruse, S., C. Henze and J. Krieter
• Comparison of three economically optimised feeding patterns for growing pigs
  Sevón-Aimonen, M.-L. and J. Niemi
• Effect of the genotype on qualitative traits in pigmeat
  Okrouhlá, M., R. Stupka, J. Čítek, M. Šprysl, E. Kluzáková, M. Trnka and H. Kratochvílová
• Use of serial pig body weights for genetic improvement
  Zumbach, B., I. Misztal, C.Y. Chen, S. Tsuruta, W.O. Herring, T. Long and M. Culbertson
• No substantial GxE interactions for growth rate and backfat thickness in organic and conventional pig production
  Wallenbeck, A., N. Lundeheim and L. Rydhmer
• Genetic resistance to respiratory diseases in Danish pigs
  Hedebro Velander, I. and B. Nielsen
• Optimizing breeding plans for market-oriented smallholder pig production in NW Vietnam
  Roessler, R., P. Herold and A. Valle Zárate

Poster Session 23

• Effect of muscle troponin T (TNNT) gene polymorphism
  Orzechowska, B., M. Witoń and M. Tyra
• Effect of the RYR genotype on fattening and slaughter traits and muscle fibre profile in pigs
  Orzechowska, B., D. Wojtysiak, M. Tyra, M. Witoń and W. Migdał
• Effect of breed and carcass weight on adipose tissue content in pig carcass belly
  Citek, J., R. Stupka, M. Sprysl, H. Kratochvilova, M. Okrouhla and L. Zita
• Dynamics of the leanness of different pig breeds in Lithuania
  Klimas, R. and A. Klimienė
• Genetic trends of different MHS genotypes in Lower Saxony Pietrain boars
  Stamer, E., W. Brade and E. Kalm
• Studies of the pig carcass leanness with different devices
  Ribikauskiene, D., Z. Medingis, V. Razmaite, A. Stimbirys and A. Mikelenas
• Effect of Pietrain as terminal sire on raw ham quality
  Kos, I., R. Božac, M. Konjačić, N. Kelava, A. Kaić and Z. Janječić
• Management of reproduction and parturitions in sows
  Ježková, A., J. Heimlich and L. Stádník
• Relationships between genotypes and carcass traits of pigs
  Bahelka, I., E. Hanusová and L. Hetényi