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Session II P Sustaining progress in restructuring of livestock
Lean growth and turnover rate of slaughter pigs systems in Central and Eastern Europe. Chair-
as influenced by genetics, nutrition and feeding man: E. Kalm D
technology. Chairman: J. Krieter GFR
The session run jointly with the Working Groups The overall objective of pig production is to
on Central and Eastern Europe and Livestock Sys- provide high grading pork at low costs, produced
tems follows up previous initiatives in this area with methods accepted by the consumers. Improve-
which have concentrated on the statistics of change. ment of feed efficiency by substituting fat for lean is
We now wish to examine novel whole system small because feed intake capacity is the limiting
approaches to tackling the problems. These systems factor for a maximum lean deposition over a specific
need to meet high quality standards required by time period. At a given fatness level, efficiency of
international markets but also to capitalise on the production could be increased through faster lean
geographical and social advantages of the regions growth reduction in total maintenance costs. The
and the countries. challenge for further improvements in efficiency of
pork production relies therefore on the accordance of
Free Communications. Chairman: S. Gigli I
daily lean deposition and daily feed intake. The scope of the session will be to describe lean growth
A new initiative will be introduced in Hungary. and turnover rate in the context of growth and feed
All the free communications sessions will be run at intake pattern in relation to the efficiency of pro-
the same time. This will allow Commissions to duction from a genetic and nutritional point of view.
rationalise animal breeding and nutrition papers and For details contact: jkrietertierzucht.uni-kiel.de
posters across Commissions.
Session III M 1 N 1 C 1 S 1 P 1 CEEC CG Pig Commission Update
Special Theme Session 2. The safety of meat and milk. Chairman: M. Tielen NL
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President: Jose
A. Fernandez.
Email: jose.fernandezagrsci.dk
This session is the second of a series of three at the Annual Meeting regarding product safety and
Call for contributions to the Annual Meeting, consumer acceptability. The contributions from in-
Budapest, 2001. Voluntary contributions, which fit to vited speakers will dealt with the impact of food
any of the topics below, will be welcome. borne diseases in the community including practical
examples. Special attention will be paid to meat and
Session I C 1 S 1 P 1 H
milk as vectors of pathogens for farm animals on the
Special Theme Session 1. Public perception of
one side, and to the virtues of animal products as
animal products and production methods. Chair-
food for humans on the other side. Finally, measures
man: C. Thomas UK
and means to ensure safety and wholesomeness of meat and milk will be highlighted. For details
This session is the first of a series of three at the contact: f.madecploufragan.afssa.fr
Annual Meeting regarding product safety and con- sumer acceptability. How is public perception of
Session IV P
animal products formed? What are the influential
Free Communications and Business Meeting.
factors? This session will attempt to analyse the
´ Chairman: J.A. Fernandez DK
influence of animal welfare, environmental load, production system as well as quality assurance
Session V P schemes and traceability on consumer’s reactions.
New developments in progeny testing of breeding For
further information
contact: C.Thomas
pigs. Chairman: M. Brandt GFR au.sac.ac.uk.
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The aim of the session is to give an overview of which served as a valuable guide during as well as
current testing schemes and any new developments. I after the meeting in The Hague. The production of
would like to aim for developments of traditional the book of abstracts has only been possible through
traits under different environments like field results the involvement of a large number of people in
instead of station tests to overcome GxE-Interactions particular the organizing committee of The Hague
and also on new traits in testing like using IGF- meeting, the secretariat in Rome, the contact persons
results from weaners, new conformation traits or of the study commission and Mike Jacobs from
traits like longevity and any other development. A Wageningen Pers. I want to thank all people for their
third area I would like to address is the use of contribution.
crossbred data to improve the pure lines in a In total 789 abstracts were submitted and 41 of
crossbreeding system. Here the traits included and these were rejected based on scientific quality and or
the organisation of data flow is of special interest. the large number of contributions from a single
institute. The later procedure was discussed and
Session VI Ph 1 P agreed upon by the Scientific Advisory Commission
Reproduction technology in the pig. Chairman: SAC during the meeting in Budapest earlier this
B. Kemp NL year. The full scientific program was posted on the
