ICAR Technical Series #24

New Traits and Adding Value to the Recording and ID Services in the Animal Production. Proceedings of the 43rd ICAR Conference
Prague, CZ, 17-21 June 2019
Editors: J. Kucera, P. Bucek, D. Lipovsky, X. Bourrigan and M. Burke
December 2019

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

• The dairy cattle industry in the Czech Republic
  J. Kucera and P. Bucek
• Internet of cows – Opportunities and challenges for improving health, welfare and efficiency in dairying
  C. Egger-Danner, B. Fuerst-Waltl, P. Klimek, O. Saukh, T. Wittek and DDairy Consortium
• Breeding for improved feed efficiency and reduced enteric methane of dairy cattle
  Y. de Haas and R.F. Veerkamp
• Impact of genomic selection on organisational structures in milk recording and breeding
  R. Reents and S. Rensing
• Innovative tools for phenotypic characterization and genetic improvement of meat quality in the Piemontese breed
  S. Savoia, G. Bittante and A. Albera
• Nordic breeding values for beef breed sires used for crossbreeding with dairy dams
  E. Carlén, W.F. Fikse, R.B. Davis, J. Pösö and G.P. Aamand
• A single-step, multiple-trait genomic evaluation model increase the accuracy for suckling performance in beef cows
  A. Michenet, D Boichon, R Saintilan, F Phocas and E Venot
• Developments in multi-source genetic evaluations for beef cattle: A BREEDPLAN perspective
  B.J. Crook, S.J. Skinner and H.P. Nivison
• Interbeef international genetic evaluation for calving traits
  Z. Vesela, M. Brzakova, A. Svitakova, L. Vostry and P. Bucek
• Optimizing mate selection: a genetic algorithm approach
  D. de Carvalho Neves da Fontoura, S. da Silva Camargo, R. Augusto de Almeida Torres Junior, H. Gomes de Carvalho and F. Flores Cardoso
• Sensor validation from a manufacturer point of view
  C. Bagenvik
• Genetic identification of beef and dairy cattle breeds in five regions of Russia
  A.E. Kalashnikov, Y. Kabitskaya, L.A. Kalashnikova, E. Boyko, V.P. Prozerin, V.L. Yaluga, N. Furaeva, E. Zvereva and A.A. Novikov
• Analysis of the accuracy of C method for estimating -hour (yields) with alternated protocols
  X. Bourrigan, H. Leclerc and G. Augier
• Assessing the usefulness of fat content and milk yield data gained during ICAR farm tests of milk recording and sampling devices to estimate carry-over in milking systems
  C. Ammon
• Relationships between conformation traits and milk yield, lifetime production and number of lactations in Czech Holstein cows
  A. Noskova, J. Pribyl and L. Vostry
• Opportunities and challenges of new technologies for performance recording with focus on claw health and metabolism
  F. Grandl, J. Kofler, M. Suntinger, P. Majcen, M. Mayerhofer, F. Papst, O. Saukh, M. Fallast, A. Turkaspa, F. Steininger, K. Linke, J. Duda, T. Wittek, B. Fuerst-Waltl, F.J. Auer and C. Egger-Danner
• Testing the cows’ ration with a new data mining software based on NOA data base
  Y. Lavon, A. Benzvi, Y. Shani, G. Adin, S. Rosen, Y. Bear and B. Domján
• GenoCells: individual somatic cell count of dairy cows by genotyping tank milk
  P. Lenormand, F. Perrin, M. Calmels, V. Charrier, M. Foucher and J.B. Davière
• Comparison of milk analysis performance between NIR laboratory analyser and miniaturised NIR MEMS sensors
  S. Uusitalo, B. Aernouts, J. Sumen, E. Hietala, M. Utriainen, L. Frondelius, S. Kajava, and M. Pastell
• Integrating bacteriological milk examination into decision support for reduced use of antimicrobials
  W. Obritzhauser, M. Mayerhofer, M. Suntinger, Clair L. Firth, K. Fuchs, A. Käsbohrer, T. Wittek, B. Fuerst-Waltl and C. Egger-Danner
• Routine infrared phosphorus determination in ex-farm milk providing better insight in the phosphorus cycle on dairy farms
  M. Bastian and H. van den Bijgaart
• “MastiMIR” – A mastitis early warning system based on MIR spectra
  L.M. Dale, A. Werner and F. Gollé-Leidreiter
• Prediction of evaluated energy balance (NEL and ME) in dairy cows by milk mid-infrared (MIR) spectra
  L.M. Dale, A. Werner, H. Spiekers, P. Hertel-Böhnke, E. Stamer, F. Gollé Leidreiter, M. Au and F. Onken
• The use of fatty acid profiles from milk recording samples to predict body weight change of dairy cows in early lactation in commercial dairy farms
  F. Dettmann, D. Warner, A.J. Buitenhuis, M. Kargo, A.M. Hostrup Kjeldsen, N.H. Nielsen, D.M. Lefebvre and D.E. Santschi
• Quality of colostrum as estimated by different methods
  L. Curda, V. Zherepa, I. Klojdova
• Dairy sheep udder measurements and assessments in the Czech Republic
  M. Milerski, M. Cerná and J. Schmidová
• SMARTER – A European project on selection of efficiency and resilience in small ruminants with strong ICAR commitment and implication
  J.M. Astruc, J.J. Arranz, J. Conington, R. Rupp, B. Servin, R. Pong-Wong, D. Berry, V. Thénard, A. Rosati, C. Mosconi, A. Meynadier and C. Moreno Romieux
• MULTIPASS: managing the consents of access to farm data in a chain of trust to make new services emerge for farmers
  B. Lauga, B. Balvay, L. Topart, J. Leclaire, A. Clenet, F. Brun, F. Pinet, C. Roussey and M. Sine
• Applications for comprehensive support of improving health and welfare in dairy cattle
  K.F. Stock, K. May, J. Heise, F. Reinhardt and R. Reents
• REPROSCOPE: the observatory of cattle reproductive performances in France
  F. Bidan, P. Le Mézec, P. Dimon, P. Salvetti, A. Lejard, M. Gelé and N. Bareille
• A global survey of semen straw bar-coding practices and capabilities at bovine semen collection centers
  J. M. DeJarnette, O. Gérard, F. Schmitz-Hsu, J. Baltissen, J. Hooijer, L. Morelli, R. Spelman, L. Journaux and B. Wickham
• Development of a heat-assessment with factors of a cow
  L. von Tavel, F. Schmitz-Hsu, U. Witschi and M. Kirchhofer
• Using differential somatic cell count to improve udder health
  R.H. Fourdraine, A. Samia Kalantari, J. Amdall and A.D. Coburn
• Assesment of bovine milk fat quality from the view of human health
  S. Hadrova, A. Vesely and L. Krizova
• Comparison of on-line measurements with conventional single-day herd tests
  R.G. Orchard, A.M. Winkelman, G.P.S. Anderson, E.M. Steenson, V.C. Farr, D.M. Gyde and A.F. Yeates
• Cow ID-topics related to milking and milk recording
  K. de Koning, J. Persson and U. Lauritsen
• Identification and registration of cattle in the Czech Republic
  P. Bucek and L. Nozina
• A new standard for using official animal identification schemes for livestock animals in RFID applications worldwide
  C.G.C.F. Machado, C. Schenk and D. Pachoud
• Use of UHF (Ultra High Frequency) RFID technology in the data capture, traceability and monitoring interface in the official cattle animal identification program
  J. Gomes and M. Shimizu
• Alternated milk recording – recalculation, results and conclusion for future test planning
  K. Kuwan
• 24-hour yield calculations in the Finnish milk recording
  J. Kyntäjä and S. Nokka
• Global 24-hour calculation trends in automatic milking systems
  P. Bucek, et al.
• Global 24-hour calculation trends in classical milk recording systems
  X. Bourrigan, et al.
• Additional value of cell differentiation in the course of DHI testing
  E. Gass, F. Onken, A. Bartel, C. Baumgartner, F. Querengässer and M.G. Doherr
• “KetoMIR” – modelling of ketosis risk using vets diagnosis and MIR spectra for dairy cows in early lactation
  A. Werner, F. Gollé-Leidreiter, K. Droessler, F. J. Auer, M. Mayerhofer, A. Köck, C. Egger-Danner and L.M. Dale
• From new milk-testing parameters to new DHI services. The view of an instrument manufacturer
  D. Schwarz
• Hyperketolactia occuring before or after artificial insemination and monitored in milk samples is associated with a decrease in conception in lactating dairy cows
  M. Jattiot, A. Albaaj, L. Manciaux, S. Saille, C. Julien, G. Foucras, and D. Raboisson
• qPCR kits for fecal samples to identify the shedders of Paratuberculosis or Salmonella dublin among highly ELISA-positive cows
  J. Katholm, D.B. Holt, A. Petersen and T.W. Bennedsgaard
• Scoring animal welfare
  B. Luntz and D. Krogmeier
• Supporting German dairy farmers: establishing a monitoring system based on health key indicators extracted from existing control systems
  S. Hachenberg, M. Au, B. Behr, J. Brinkmann, J. Braunleder, S. Carrasco, J. Duda, D. Doepfer, S. Gruber, H. Karatassios, M. Kussin, R. Mansfeld, S. March, K.F. Stock, M. Tremblay and F. Onken
• Investigations on the relationship of dry matter intake and energy balance to health in German dairy cattle using conventional and genomic breeding values
  N. Krattenmacher, E. Stamer, I. Harder, W. Jungeand G. Thaller
• Measures to monitor and improve claw health, lameness and animal welfare in Austrian dairy farms
  M. Suntinger, J. Kofler, R. Pesenhofer, C. Winckler and C. Egger-Danner
• The ICAR “Artificial Insemination and Related Technologies” Working Group: its goals and current projects
  F. Schmitz-Hsu, O. Gérard, J. Baltissen, J. M. DeJarnette, J. Hooijer, L. Journaux, L. Morelli, R. Spelman, and B. Wickham
• International data exchange for the recording and traceability of worldwide artificial inseminations: a new and modern concept
  O. Gérard, L. Journaux, F. Schmitz-Hsu, J. Baltissen, J. M. DeJarnette, J. Hooijer, L. Morelli, R. Spelman, B. Wickham
• Factors affecting pregnancy rate after cervical insemination in dairy sheep flocks
  S. Priskas, S.A. Termatzidou, S. Gargani and G. Arsenos
• Milking control operation: A very important tool for the development of dairy cattle breeding in Morocco
  N. Belkadi
• The estimation of the genetic parameters for conformation traits in the Romanian Spotted cattle breed
  H. Grosu, M.C. Rotar and M.A. Gras
• Practical applications to improve udder health: a pathogen-specific approach
  M. Suntinger, W. Obritzhauser, B. Fuerst-Waltl, C. Firth, M. Mayerhofer and C. Egger-Danner
• French regional genetic collaborative projects to improve welfare and resilience of dairy cows
  H. Leclerc, I. Croué, R. Vallée, A. Baur, A. Barbat, S. Fritz, M. Philippe, M. Brochard, F. Guillaume, G. Thomas, L. Manciaux, J.B. Davière, L Voidey and N. Gaudillière
• Conditions of mechanical milk meters through in a Uruguay test platform
  D. Hirigoyen, M. Calvo, A. González-Revello and R. de los Santos
• Dairy cattle milk recording working group update. Short-term prospects for cattle milk recording
  Pavel Bucek