ICAR Technical Series #19

Performance recording in the genotyped world. Proceedings of the ICAR Technical Meeting
Krakow, Poland, 10-12 June 2015
Editors: Z. Kowalski, N. Petreny, M. Burke, P. Bucek, L. Journaux, M. Coffey, C. Hunlun and D. Radzio
November 2015
ISSN: 1563-2504; ISBN: 92-95014-15-4

The whole issue containing the Proceedings is available here, while the single manuscripts that compose the Proceedings are listed hereby

 

• Preface

Session 1 – What else can we learn from milk samples?

• Global experience on ketosis screening by FTIR technology
  D. Schwarz, D.M. Lefebvre, H. van den Bijgaart, J.-B. Daviere, R. van der Linde and S. Kold-Christensen
• New milk mid-FTIR metrics for dairy cattle management
  D.M. Barbano, C. Melilli, T. Overton, M. Woolpert, H. Dann and R. Grant
• Predicting the risk of ketosis using mid infrared spectrometry
  M. Gelé, M. Ferrand-Calmels, L. Brun-Lafleur, A. Werner and F. Gollé-Leidreiter
• Novel model of monitoring of subclinical ketosis in dairy herds in Poland based on monthly milk recording and estimation of ketone bodies in milk by FTIR spectroscopy technology
  Z. Kowalski, A. Plyta, E. Rybicka, W. Jagusiak and K. Sloniewski
• Experience of milk based farm monitoring of Livestock Performance Testing (LTP) Ltd
  L. Dégen, M. Matejcsik and A. Monostori
• A screening method using Milk Amyloid A measurement in cow milk to significantly reduce the use of intramammary antibiotics at drying off
  C. Crosson, L. Mériaux, T. Decers and M. Belvalette
• Pregnancy detection from milk samples obtained for routine milk yield measurements – results and evaluation
  A. Monostori, H. Rácz, J. Seenger Kóti, L. Dégen
• Estimation of the prevalence of subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy herds
  R.Guegan, M.Johan, L. Manciaux, J.B. Davière and J. Lefranc

 

Session 2 – Advisory services built on recording data

• Organizing advice for dairy herds breeders: Example of a Milk Recording Organisation in the west of France
  C. Bruand and J. Lefranc
• Benchmarking in dairy production: “How to transform data to valuable decision support”
  J. Frandsen
• Operative background of the Hungarian farm monitoring system based on milk and TMR analyses
  O. Petrák, J, Seenger Kóti, L. Dégen and Sz. Orosz
• Web advisory tools to support dairy production in Slovenian herds
  B. Logar and J. Jeretina
• SIEL web and an innovative software: MIL’KLIC
  S. Quemener
• On farm recording of fertility and health data using mobile devices
  T. Strabel, T. Nowak and K. Rzewuska

 

Session 3 – Manufacturers showcase

• Routine check and installation of milk meters with ICAR approved calibration software module from DeLaval – experience from practice
  O. Selander and H. Idensjö
• Detection of pregnancy associated glycoproteins in routine milk recording samples
  C. Egli and E. Bohlsen
• MooMonitor+ Smart Sensing Technology and Big Data – Resting time as an indicator for welfare status on farms
  J. Roessen, E.Harty and C. Beirne
• Increasing the value and traceability of milk samples with NFC technology: SmartLY
  E. Guémené and L Béliot

 

Session 4 – Milk recording in cattle, meat and fibre performance in sheep, goats and beef cattle

• World-wide trends in milk-recording in cattle
  P. Bucek, K. Zottl, J. Kyntäjä, F. Miglior, H. Leclerc, J. van der Westhuizen, K. Kuwan, Y. Lavon, K. Haase, C. Trejo, D. Radzio and Elsaid Z.M. Oudah
• Worldwide trends in milk recording: milk recording and new technologies
  J. Kyntäjä, P. Bucek, K. Zottl, P. Nordgren, F. Miglior, H. Leclerc, J. van der Westhuizen, K. Kuwan, Y. Lavon, K. Haase, C. Trejo, D. Radzio and Elsaid Z.M. Oudah
• World trends in milk-recording management and organization
  K. Zottl, P. Bucek, J. Kyntäjä, F. Miglior, H. Leclerc, J. van der Westhuizen, K. Kuwan, Y. Lavon, K. Haase, C. Trejo, D. Radzio and Elsaid Z.M. Oudah
• Innovations in sheep performance recording in New Zealand
  A.C. Cooke, J.W. Davys, G. Alder and M.J Young
• Organization of milk recording in goats in France: Looking for new recording schemes
  A. Piacere, V. Clément, S. Mattalia, X. Bourrigan and C. Lecomte
• Implementation of new milk recording practises in Finland
  H. Wahlroos, J. Kyntäjä and S. Nokka

 

Session 5 – Genomics at farm and phenotyping strategies

• Recording of claw and foot disorders in dairy cattle: current role and prospects of the international harmonization initiative of ICAR
  A.-M. Christen, C. Bergsten, J. Burgstaller, N. Capion, N. Charfeddine, J. Clarke, V. Daniel, D. Döpfer, A. Fiedler, T. Fjeldaas, B. Heringstad, G. Cramer, J. Kofler, K. Mueller, P. Nielsen, E. Oakes, C. Ødegard, K.O’Driscoll, J.E. Pryce, A. Steiner, K.F. Stock, G. Thomas, K. Ulvshammar, M. Holzhauer, J. Cole,
  other ICAR WGFT members, and international claw health experts and C. Egger-Danner
• Efficient cow: Strategies for on-farm collecting of phenotypes for efficiency traits
  F. Steininger, C. Fuerst, B. Fuerst-Waltl, L. Gruber, M. Mayerhofer, M. Ledinek, R. Weissensteiner, W. Zollitsch, K. Zottl and C. Egger-Danner
• SNP selection for nationwide parentage verification and identification in beef and dairy cattle
  M.C. McClure, J. McCarthy, P. Flynn, R. Weld, M. Keane, K. O’Connell, M.P. Mullen, S. Waters and J.F. Kearney
• Phenotypic associations and genetic correlations between claw health disorders and, milk production, fertility, somatic cell score and type traits in Holstein Spanish dairy cattle
  N. Charfeddine and M.A. Pérez-Cabal
• Guidelines to measure individual feed intake of dairy cows for genomic and genetic evaluations
  R.F. Veerkamp, Y. De Haas, J.E. Pryce, M.P. Coffey, D.M. Spurlock and M.J Vandehaar
• Maximizing genetic progress in the new age of genomics
  R.H. Fourdraine

 

Session 6 – Certificate of Quality Auditors’ Workshop

• Data quality for management purposes and genetic evaluation
  F. Reinhardt