Ndeg 167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporgEuropean Federation of Animal Science

January

EDITORIAL BY THE SECRETARY GENERALWEAKNESS OF IMPACT FACTOR

All scientists pay attention to journal Impact Factors (IF) but it is also clear to everyone that

IF have many weak points Impact factors evaluate the scientific publications but there

is a wide variation in the quality of articles in a single edition Furthermore the IF does

not take into account the number of authors of a single article or the complexity of the

research so all the authors receive the same IF in articles that often have a large number

of authors which may not be justifiable since each role in the published research is not

clarified in at least a note Another inconsistency is the wide variation of the IF among

the disciplines Using IF to compare two researchers dealing with similar but not identical

topics usually rewards the researcher who publishes on topics that follow the mainstream

and therefore with a high probability of citation Furthermore we can consider that

even in a globalized world there are livestock topics that remain of local interest For

example research on dairy sheep or camelids species locally very important do not

fall within the mainstream research areas of the richest countries in terms of research

support industry etc Scientists dealing with such topics have a greater difficulty to see

their papers published in high IF journals The influence of the IF can also constrain the

research to different ends from those that it may have been designed for This notion

always rewards the same researchers or the same research traditions at the expense

of originality innovation and research on topics covered by scientific communities less

numerous and with a smaller number of publications It is obvious that IF was adopted

to have an objective way to judge researchersrsquo careers but disregarding its many weak

points is certainly wrong not only for the accuracy of the judgement but also for the

development of science Corrections to the IF system are needed

Andrea Rosati

Main Topicsl News from EAAP pag 1 - 4l EAAP People Portrait pag 4 -5 l Science and Innovation pag 6l News from EU pag 6l Industry and Organizations pag 6 l Job Offers pag 7l Ethics amp Philosophy pag 7l Publications pag 8l Conferences Workshops pag 8-11

EDITORIAL

Page 1

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7th ATF-EAAP Special session at EAAP Annual Meeting in Ghent

The EAAP amp ATF Special Session during the EAAP Annual Meeting is an opportunity to engage discussion with farmers industries scientists policy makers and with the society Discover the scientific Programme here and learn more about the session on the ATF website

Visit to Lyon facilities

Recently Jean-Francois Hocquette (President of the Cattle Study Commission) and Andrea Rosati (Secretary General) visited the Conference Centre of Lyon (France) where the 74th EAAP annual meeting will be held in August 2023 The facilities are ldquofirst-classrdquo to host the 74th EAAP annual meeting furthermore the Conference Centre is close to the city centre of Lyon a very active historical and artistic city and the capital of French gourmet Lyon is the right location for a successful annual meeting in France only ten years after the good experience we had in Nantes Jointly with the EAAP annual meeting there will also be held the World Conference of Animal Production The World Conference is held every five years under the guidance of the World Association for Animal Production (WAAP) The INRA staff together with EAAP team will work together

to organize again the World Conference in Europe last time was in Helsinki (Finland) in 1988 The pivotal place for animal science in 2023 will be Lyon

Conference Centre of Lyon

Animine Academy workshop

EAAP and ANIMINE are pleased to announce the 3rd Animine Academy that will be held in Chateau de Maffliers an enchanting place surrounded by Chantilly Forest few kilometres north of Paris and

News from EAAP

EDITORIAL BY THE SECRETARY GENERALWEAKNESS OF IMPACT FACTOR

All scientists pay attention to journal Impact Factors (IF) but it is also clear to everyone that

IF have many weak points Impact factors evaluate the scientific publications but there

is a wide variation in the quality of articles in a single edition Furthermore the IF does

not take into account the number of authors of a single article or the complexity of the

research so all the authors receive the same IF in articles that often have a large number

of authors which may not be justifiable since each role in the published research is not

clarified in at least a note Another inconsistency is the wide variation of the IF among

the disciplines Using IF to compare two researchers dealing with similar but not identical

topics usually rewards the researcher who publishes on topics that follow the mainstream

and therefore with a high probability of citation Furthermore we can consider that

even in a globalized world there are livestock topics that remain of local interest For

example research on dairy sheep or camelids species locally very important do not

fall within the mainstream research areas of the richest countries in terms of research

support industry etc Scientists dealing with such topics have a greater difficulty to see

their papers published in high IF journals The influence of the IF can also constrain the

research to different ends from those that it may have been designed for This notion

always rewards the same researchers or the same research traditions at the expense

of originality innovation and research on topics covered by scientific communities less

numerous and with a smaller number of publications It is obvious that IF was adopted

to have an objective way to judge researchersrsquo careers but disregarding its many weak

points is certainly wrong not only for the accuracy of the judgement but also for the

development of science Corrections to the IF system are needed

Andrea Rosati

Main Topicsl News from EAAP pag 1 - 4l EAAP People Portrait pag 4 -5 l Science and Innovation pag 6l News from EU pag 6l Industry and Organizations pag 6 l Job Offers pag 7l Ethics amp Philosophy pag 7l Publications pag 8l Conferences Workshops pag 8-11

EDITORIAL

Page 1

Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

7th ATF-EAAP Special session at EAAP Annual Meeting in Ghent

The EAAP amp ATF Special Session during the EAAP Annual Meeting is an opportunity to engage discussion with farmers industries scientists policy makers and with the society Discover the scientific Programme here and learn more about the session on the ATF website

Visit to Lyon facilities

Recently Jean-Francois Hocquette (President of the Cattle Study Commission) and Andrea Rosati (Secretary General) visited the Conference Centre of Lyon (France) where the 74th EAAP annual meeting will be held in August 2023 The facilities are ldquofirst-classrdquo to host the 74th EAAP annual meeting furthermore the Conference Centre is close to the city centre of Lyon a very active historical and artistic city and the capital of French gourmet Lyon is the right location for a successful annual meeting in France only ten years after the good experience we had in Nantes Jointly with the EAAP annual meeting there will also be held the World Conference of Animal Production The World Conference is held every five years under the guidance of the World Association for Animal Production (WAAP) The INRA staff together with EAAP team will work together

to organize again the World Conference in Europe last time was in Helsinki (Finland) in 1988 The pivotal place for animal science in 2023 will be Lyon

Conference Centre of Lyon

Animine Academy workshop

EAAP and ANIMINE are pleased to announce the 3rd Animine Academy that will be held in Chateau de Maffliers an enchanting place surrounded by Chantilly Forest few kilometres north of Paris and

News from EAAP

Page 1

Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

7th ATF-EAAP Special session at EAAP Annual Meeting in Ghent

The EAAP amp ATF Special Session during the EAAP Annual Meeting is an opportunity to engage discussion with farmers industries scientists policy makers and with the society Discover the scientific Programme here and learn more about the session on the ATF website

Visit to Lyon facilities

Recently Jean-Francois Hocquette (President of the Cattle Study Commission) and Andrea Rosati (Secretary General) visited the Conference Centre of Lyon (France) where the 74th EAAP annual meeting will be held in August 2023 The facilities are ldquofirst-classrdquo to host the 74th EAAP annual meeting furthermore the Conference Centre is close to the city centre of Lyon a very active historical and artistic city and the capital of French gourmet Lyon is the right location for a successful annual meeting in France only ten years after the good experience we had in Nantes Jointly with the EAAP annual meeting there will also be held the World Conference of Animal Production The World Conference is held every five years under the guidance of the World Association for Animal Production (WAAP) The INRA staff together with EAAP team will work together

to organize again the World Conference in Europe last time was in Helsinki (Finland) in 1988 The pivotal place for animal science in 2023 will be Lyon

Conference Centre of Lyon

Animine Academy workshop

EAAP and ANIMINE are pleased to announce the 3rd Animine Academy that will be held in Chateau de Maffliers an enchanting place surrounded by Chantilly Forest few kilometres north of Paris and

News from EAAP

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and whey-based products and plant proteins including those derived from soya peas and wheat was sequentially hydrolysed in simulated human physiological conditions

Carlottarsquos travel story to ADSA congress Knoxville and to NOVUS headquartersThank you EAAP and Novus InternationalLast June (2018) I had the amazing opportunity of visiting Novus international headquarter in S Louis During the 5 days visit I met Novus researcher and administrative staff I visit all laboratory and animal facilities and I had the opportunity of sharing my research topic and studies with Novus researchersAfter the Visit I flew to Knoxville (TN) to attend American Dairy Science Association Meeting Altogether it was an amazing opportunity I met new people and top level researchers from all around the world I have shared my researcher interest I met previous supervisors and friends and I enjoy the USA experience a lot A warm thanks to EAAP ldquoDairy research and Extension-Young Train who selected me and to Novus International who made this experience possiblerdquo

close to Charles de Gaulle international airport Following the successful structure of the previous Animine Academy the conference will have only high quality presentations with six renowned invited scientists Every presentation is followed by long and lively discussions each 45 minutes talk is followed by 45 minutes of discussion with the audience This is a unique opportunity to get direct answers from well-known researchers Roselina Angel (University of Maryland USA) Gretchen Hill (Michigan State University USA) Lisbeth Shooter (SEGES Pig Research Centre Denmark) Kevin Waldron (Newcastle University UK) Kristian Koefoed Brandt (University of Copenhagen Denmark) and Hans Blonk (Blonk Consultants The Netherlands) To get information and register please visit the specific website

NOVUS International awards and travel experiences

Young Train session at EAAP Tallinn 2017NOVUS award winner was Carlotta Giromini Department of Health Animal Science and Food Safety Universitagrave degli Studi di Milano Italy with presentation about ldquoComparison of the in vitro ACE inhibitory capacity of dairy and plant proteinsrdquo Bovine milk proteins and their peptides have been shown to exert Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitory (ACEi) activity in vivo and in vitro after gastro-intestinal digestion To gain insight into dairy proteins digestion pattern and bioactive potential a set of dairy proteins consisting of a range of casein

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85degF (29degC) heat and ice cream on every corner the program for the 2018 EAAP annual meeting in Dubrovnik Croatia had to be intriguing enough to attract its attendees inside Lucky for me it was My favorite talks were those focused on local livestock breeds and improving efficiency and sustainability for our producers I appreciated two particular talks that challenged the industry standards The first was part of the opening remarks and touched on revisiting the common (but controversial) practice of removing a dairy calf from its dam immediately after birth The second which is contrary to everything I have been taught was effects of dry period removal These talks certainly encouraged me to think more critically as I move forward in my career I was honored to be given a 30 minute spot at the beginning of the ldquoImproving management practices and feed efficiency in cattlerdquo session to summarize my PhD researchmdashparticularly strategies for selective dry cow treatment I received a lot of great feedback and questions One recommendation by Dr Abele Kuipers was to reanalyze my data to determine whether modification of my somatic cell count cutoffs would change the outcomes evaluated in my trial I have a lot of work ahead of me I was extremely impressed by the graduate student presentations conveying findings of research projects as well as the discussion of the related impacts in onersquos second language was quite impressive As an exclusively English-speaking individual I thought it would be difficult to meet folks and while I found

Carlotta presenting her works at the ADSA congress

Emy Vasquez Field of Comparative Biomedical Sciences Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences Cornell University was NOVUS award winner from USAAmyrsquos travel story to EAAP Dubrovnik 2018 where she presented her workAs a winner of the 2017 ADSA oral graduate student presentations I was grateful to be able to attend a conference that offers multidisciplinary lectures from young researchers as well as from experts in each field With over 3 beaches within walking distance

Transform the future of agriculture with genomics Sequencing Microarrays Informatics

Exponential population growth and a changing climate create unique challenges for those working to maintain the food supply To overcome this many are turning to science and agricultural genomics By identifying desirable traits Illuminarsquos agrigenomics technologies are helping animal breeders and researchers drive sustainable productivity leading to healthier and more productive livestock

Learn more about Illumina solutions for livestock at wwwilluminacomagrigenomics

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EAAP People Portrait

Ilan Halachmi

Since 2003 (EAAP Annual Meeting in Rome) Ilan had scientific presentations in 13 EAAP annual conferences Often invited The fact that he has participated in so many EAAP meetings is a testament to the high-quality conference and an excellent meeting point aiming at designing new EU research projects From the time of Bratislava (2012) Ilan has organised countless scientific sessions - initially as a vice-president at the cattle commission led by Abele Kuipers and Marija Klopcic and since 2016 founder and president of the EAAP PLF commission The establishment of the EAAP PLF commission (2016) have required time and ldquopolitics of scienceldquo Seeking for leading scientists in PLF was not an easy task some scientists after applied and elected to the commission left next to their first year conference due to conflict-of-interests if

most registrants tended to congregate with people from their respective companies or countries they were welcoming inquisitive and easy to socialize with over a beer The social program and coffee breaks were also outstanding I was able to meet European colleagues while eating local prosciutto sipping limoncello and drinking in the Adriatic coastline Surprisingly once the conference was over it was nearly impossible to find a good cup of take-out coffee and I was appreciative to be staying with a Turkish host the last few nights of our trip My husband and toddler were also in attendance and it was great to explore Old Town Dubrovnik the Peljesac Peninsula and parts of Bosnia prior to our departure I would like to extend my appreciation to Novus International for funding my trip to such a great conference and a beautiful country I wish to thank EAAP and ADSA for granting me the ability to share my research Finally I thank Novus EAAP and ADSA for continuing to support graduate students in their adventures of speaking networking researching and collaborating

Amy Vasquez and friend in Dubrovnik

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Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

management issue Not the other way around (not ldquonew gadget seeks for a real-life problemrdquo)Few trends have joined forces together to prosper the PLF development livestock production is gradually moving to the east while building there mega-dairies vast feedlots and other large livestock facilities in Europe - economy of scale while highlighting animal welfare and animal wellbeing and lately rapid ldquowearablerdquo technology development together with efficient data handling and consequently data driven actionable list available to the farmer But not only to the farmer other beneficials along the entire livestock production value-chain enjoy the PLF data from animal feed supplier vets farm consultants animal genetic services farm operational staff meat dairy and eggs processors retailers regulators and consumers ndash are all strive for PLF data In 2016 EAAP recognised these joined trends and since then the EAAP PLF commission try to reflect these trends in the EAAP conferences Ilan Halachmi grew up in an happy family farm cultivating a bit of everything dairy and beef cattle poultry and varied seasonal arable farming involves growing crops such as wheat corn Vicia legume and alfalfa to feed the livestock and orange and grapefruit fruit orchards Seasonal crop growing included cotton or edible vegetables such as onion tomatoes depends on the expected income vs water cost at each year Today the farm is still active today by his father Amos but specialised only in beef cattle and only few arable cultivated plants Ilan had mechanical engineering BSc study at the Technion Haifa MSc in BGU and PhD in Wageningen Netherlands supervised by Yael Edan Ephraim Maltz Bert Speelman Aalt Dijkhizen and Jos Metz

they organise sessions in other scientific societies Today after establishment of an excellent team (Ines Adriaens Jarissa Maselyne Malcolm Mitchell Matti Pastell Radovan Kasarda Shelly Druyan and Stephane Ingrand) and a fluent teamwork we reach a peace-ofndashmind that allow us to emphasis excellent quality of the scientific oral and poster presentations rather than large number of parallel presentations We believe that in science quality brings quantity discussing high-quality scientific presentations during the EAAP conferences will bring quantity in the future An EAAP Commission presidency is a three-year term ending soon Allowing other talented PLF scientists to coin their footprint in the fields of PLF Currently Ilan is the head of the Israeli Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Lab at the Volcani Centre (ARO) Israel Adjunct professor in Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev and the PLF section editor in animal an international journal of animal bioscience Ilanrsquos lab has a role in the following EU projects OptiScore (IceRobotics) YoungTrain (EAAP) BioBusiness (KUL) EU-PLF (KUL) OptiBarn(ATB) DairyCare and few more international projects Precision livestock farming (PLF) might be defined as real-time sensing aimed at managing the smallest manageable production unit (a cow an horse a flock of chickens a flock of fish) otherwise known as the sensor-based animal-centric approach (Halachmi et al2019) The ARO PLF lab often apply the following sensing technologies thermal imaging 3D camera vary sensors real-time analysis of animal behaviour animal physiology animal production animal location bolus temperature water intake and watering in hot climate and data science tools such as machine learning and big data However a selection of technology is driven by the livestock

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Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

techniques and proxies for methane emissions and feed efficiency For more information and registration please visit the SmartCow website

1st SMARTER Newsletter is now available

The 1st SMARTER newsletter is now available Enjoy your reading here For receiving the future issues please sign up on the website platform

From Industry Governments and International Organizations

BioMar sees potential in novel aquafeed solutions

Insect meal algae oil and single cell proteins show promise as novel ingredients in the diets of farmed fish This is according to BioMar that has completed tests with these novel ingredients for use in aquafeed Learn more at AllAboutFeed

German interest in buying milking equipment increases solutions

The percentage of German cattle farmers who wish to invest in milking equipment has increased in 2019 compared to 2018 This has been shown by the intermediate results of the survey with German dairy farmers by AgriDirect Germany GmbH Read the article at AllAboutFeed

From Science and Innovation

Wageningen University amp Research Animal Breeding and Genetics online courses

Join the Professional Certificate Programme of the Animal Breeding and Genomics Group of Wageningen University amp Research and learn to design set-up execute and optimize an animal breeding programme The programme is fully online and is self-paced You will learn about the basic principles of population quantitative and molecular genetics and get the tools to increase the production of livestock and domestic animals Detailed information can be found here

Poultry production the power of organic acids knowing the difference

A report released earlier this year said that the global eubiotics market accounted for US$ 490 billion in 2017 This portfolio of products includes prebiotics probiotics organic acids and essential oils which are all tools used to keep animals healthy either by bolstering an animalrsquos own immune system or by inhibiting pathogens Read the full article on AllAboutFeed

From EU (policies and projects)

SmartCow Training Program

Interested in feed efficiency of cattle and methane emissions Join the SmartCow training program Seven training courses are scheduled for September and October 2019 dealing with topics such as feed efficiency of beef and dairy cattle and methane emissions gold standard methods to assess key phenotypes in ruminant nutrition and measurement

Page 4

Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

EAAP People Portrait

Ilan Halachmi

Since 2003 (EAAP Annual Meeting in Rome) Ilan had scientific presentations in 13 EAAP annual conferences Often invited The fact that he has participated in so many EAAP meetings is a testament to the high-quality conference and an excellent meeting point aiming at designing new EU research projects From the time of Bratislava (2012) Ilan has organised countless scientific sessions - initially as a vice-president at the cattle commission led by Abele Kuipers and Marija Klopcic and since 2016 founder and president of the EAAP PLF commission The establishment of the EAAP PLF commission (2016) have required time and ldquopolitics of scienceldquo Seeking for leading scientists in PLF was not an easy task some scientists after applied and elected to the commission left next to their first year conference due to conflict-of-interests if

most registrants tended to congregate with people from their respective companies or countries they were welcoming inquisitive and easy to socialize with over a beer The social program and coffee breaks were also outstanding I was able to meet European colleagues while eating local prosciutto sipping limoncello and drinking in the Adriatic coastline Surprisingly once the conference was over it was nearly impossible to find a good cup of take-out coffee and I was appreciative to be staying with a Turkish host the last few nights of our trip My husband and toddler were also in attendance and it was great to explore Old Town Dubrovnik the Peljesac Peninsula and parts of Bosnia prior to our departure I would like to extend my appreciation to Novus International for funding my trip to such a great conference and a beautiful country I wish to thank EAAP and ADSA for granting me the ability to share my research Finally I thank Novus EAAP and ADSA for continuing to support graduate students in their adventures of speaking networking researching and collaborating

Amy Vasquez and friend in Dubrovnik

Page 5

Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

management issue Not the other way around (not ldquonew gadget seeks for a real-life problemrdquo)Few trends have joined forces together to prosper the PLF development livestock production is gradually moving to the east while building there mega-dairies vast feedlots and other large livestock facilities in Europe - economy of scale while highlighting animal welfare and animal wellbeing and lately rapid ldquowearablerdquo technology development together with efficient data handling and consequently data driven actionable list available to the farmer But not only to the farmer other beneficials along the entire livestock production value-chain enjoy the PLF data from animal feed supplier vets farm consultants animal genetic services farm operational staff meat dairy and eggs processors retailers regulators and consumers ndash are all strive for PLF data In 2016 EAAP recognised these joined trends and since then the EAAP PLF commission try to reflect these trends in the EAAP conferences Ilan Halachmi grew up in an happy family farm cultivating a bit of everything dairy and beef cattle poultry and varied seasonal arable farming involves growing crops such as wheat corn Vicia legume and alfalfa to feed the livestock and orange and grapefruit fruit orchards Seasonal crop growing included cotton or edible vegetables such as onion tomatoes depends on the expected income vs water cost at each year Today the farm is still active today by his father Amos but specialised only in beef cattle and only few arable cultivated plants Ilan had mechanical engineering BSc study at the Technion Haifa MSc in BGU and PhD in Wageningen Netherlands supervised by Yael Edan Ephraim Maltz Bert Speelman Aalt Dijkhizen and Jos Metz

they organise sessions in other scientific societies Today after establishment of an excellent team (Ines Adriaens Jarissa Maselyne Malcolm Mitchell Matti Pastell Radovan Kasarda Shelly Druyan and Stephane Ingrand) and a fluent teamwork we reach a peace-ofndashmind that allow us to emphasis excellent quality of the scientific oral and poster presentations rather than large number of parallel presentations We believe that in science quality brings quantity discussing high-quality scientific presentations during the EAAP conferences will bring quantity in the future An EAAP Commission presidency is a three-year term ending soon Allowing other talented PLF scientists to coin their footprint in the fields of PLF Currently Ilan is the head of the Israeli Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Lab at the Volcani Centre (ARO) Israel Adjunct professor in Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev and the PLF section editor in animal an international journal of animal bioscience Ilanrsquos lab has a role in the following EU projects OptiScore (IceRobotics) YoungTrain (EAAP) BioBusiness (KUL) EU-PLF (KUL) OptiBarn(ATB) DairyCare and few more international projects Precision livestock farming (PLF) might be defined as real-time sensing aimed at managing the smallest manageable production unit (a cow an horse a flock of chickens a flock of fish) otherwise known as the sensor-based animal-centric approach (Halachmi et al2019) The ARO PLF lab often apply the following sensing technologies thermal imaging 3D camera vary sensors real-time analysis of animal behaviour animal physiology animal production animal location bolus temperature water intake and watering in hot climate and data science tools such as machine learning and big data However a selection of technology is driven by the livestock

Page 6

Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

techniques and proxies for methane emissions and feed efficiency For more information and registration please visit the SmartCow website

1st SMARTER Newsletter is now available

The 1st SMARTER newsletter is now available Enjoy your reading here For receiving the future issues please sign up on the website platform

From Industry Governments and International Organizations

BioMar sees potential in novel aquafeed solutions

Insect meal algae oil and single cell proteins show promise as novel ingredients in the diets of farmed fish This is according to BioMar that has completed tests with these novel ingredients for use in aquafeed Learn more at AllAboutFeed

German interest in buying milking equipment increases solutions

The percentage of German cattle farmers who wish to invest in milking equipment has increased in 2019 compared to 2018 This has been shown by the intermediate results of the survey with German dairy farmers by AgriDirect Germany GmbH Read the article at AllAboutFeed

From Science and Innovation

Wageningen University amp Research Animal Breeding and Genetics online courses

Join the Professional Certificate Programme of the Animal Breeding and Genomics Group of Wageningen University amp Research and learn to design set-up execute and optimize an animal breeding programme The programme is fully online and is self-paced You will learn about the basic principles of population quantitative and molecular genetics and get the tools to increase the production of livestock and domestic animals Detailed information can be found here

Poultry production the power of organic acids knowing the difference

A report released earlier this year said that the global eubiotics market accounted for US$ 490 billion in 2017 This portfolio of products includes prebiotics probiotics organic acids and essential oils which are all tools used to keep animals healthy either by bolstering an animalrsquos own immune system or by inhibiting pathogens Read the full article on AllAboutFeed

From EU (policies and projects)

SmartCow Training Program

Interested in feed efficiency of cattle and methane emissions Join the SmartCow training program Seven training courses are scheduled for September and October 2019 dealing with topics such as feed efficiency of beef and dairy cattle and methane emissions gold standard methods to assess key phenotypes in ruminant nutrition and measurement

Page 5

Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

management issue Not the other way around (not ldquonew gadget seeks for a real-life problemrdquo)Few trends have joined forces together to prosper the PLF development livestock production is gradually moving to the east while building there mega-dairies vast feedlots and other large livestock facilities in Europe - economy of scale while highlighting animal welfare and animal wellbeing and lately rapid ldquowearablerdquo technology development together with efficient data handling and consequently data driven actionable list available to the farmer But not only to the farmer other beneficials along the entire livestock production value-chain enjoy the PLF data from animal feed supplier vets farm consultants animal genetic services farm operational staff meat dairy and eggs processors retailers regulators and consumers ndash are all strive for PLF data In 2016 EAAP recognised these joined trends and since then the EAAP PLF commission try to reflect these trends in the EAAP conferences Ilan Halachmi grew up in an happy family farm cultivating a bit of everything dairy and beef cattle poultry and varied seasonal arable farming involves growing crops such as wheat corn Vicia legume and alfalfa to feed the livestock and orange and grapefruit fruit orchards Seasonal crop growing included cotton or edible vegetables such as onion tomatoes depends on the expected income vs water cost at each year Today the farm is still active today by his father Amos but specialised only in beef cattle and only few arable cultivated plants Ilan had mechanical engineering BSc study at the Technion Haifa MSc in BGU and PhD in Wageningen Netherlands supervised by Yael Edan Ephraim Maltz Bert Speelman Aalt Dijkhizen and Jos Metz

they organise sessions in other scientific societies Today after establishment of an excellent team (Ines Adriaens Jarissa Maselyne Malcolm Mitchell Matti Pastell Radovan Kasarda Shelly Druyan and Stephane Ingrand) and a fluent teamwork we reach a peace-ofndashmind that allow us to emphasis excellent quality of the scientific oral and poster presentations rather than large number of parallel presentations We believe that in science quality brings quantity discussing high-quality scientific presentations during the EAAP conferences will bring quantity in the future An EAAP Commission presidency is a three-year term ending soon Allowing other talented PLF scientists to coin their footprint in the fields of PLF Currently Ilan is the head of the Israeli Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Lab at the Volcani Centre (ARO) Israel Adjunct professor in Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev and the PLF section editor in animal an international journal of animal bioscience Ilanrsquos lab has a role in the following EU projects OptiScore (IceRobotics) YoungTrain (EAAP) BioBusiness (KUL) EU-PLF (KUL) OptiBarn(ATB) DairyCare and few more international projects Precision livestock farming (PLF) might be defined as real-time sensing aimed at managing the smallest manageable production unit (a cow an horse a flock of chickens a flock of fish) otherwise known as the sensor-based animal-centric approach (Halachmi et al2019) The ARO PLF lab often apply the following sensing technologies thermal imaging 3D camera vary sensors real-time analysis of animal behaviour animal physiology animal production animal location bolus temperature water intake and watering in hot climate and data science tools such as machine learning and big data However a selection of technology is driven by the livestock

Page 6

Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

techniques and proxies for methane emissions and feed efficiency For more information and registration please visit the SmartCow website

1st SMARTER Newsletter is now available

The 1st SMARTER newsletter is now available Enjoy your reading here For receiving the future issues please sign up on the website platform

From Industry Governments and International Organizations

BioMar sees potential in novel aquafeed solutions

Insect meal algae oil and single cell proteins show promise as novel ingredients in the diets of farmed fish This is according to BioMar that has completed tests with these novel ingredients for use in aquafeed Learn more at AllAboutFeed

German interest in buying milking equipment increases solutions

The percentage of German cattle farmers who wish to invest in milking equipment has increased in 2019 compared to 2018 This has been shown by the intermediate results of the survey with German dairy farmers by AgriDirect Germany GmbH Read the article at AllAboutFeed

From Science and Innovation

Wageningen University amp Research Animal Breeding and Genetics online courses

Join the Professional Certificate Programme of the Animal Breeding and Genomics Group of Wageningen University amp Research and learn to design set-up execute and optimize an animal breeding programme The programme is fully online and is self-paced You will learn about the basic principles of population quantitative and molecular genetics and get the tools to increase the production of livestock and domestic animals Detailed information can be found here

Poultry production the power of organic acids knowing the difference

A report released earlier this year said that the global eubiotics market accounted for US$ 490 billion in 2017 This portfolio of products includes prebiotics probiotics organic acids and essential oils which are all tools used to keep animals healthy either by bolstering an animalrsquos own immune system or by inhibiting pathogens Read the full article on AllAboutFeed

From EU (policies and projects)

SmartCow Training Program

Interested in feed efficiency of cattle and methane emissions Join the SmartCow training program Seven training courses are scheduled for September and October 2019 dealing with topics such as feed efficiency of beef and dairy cattle and methane emissions gold standard methods to assess key phenotypes in ruminant nutrition and measurement

Page 6

Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

techniques and proxies for methane emissions and feed efficiency For more information and registration please visit the SmartCow website

1st SMARTER Newsletter is now available

The 1st SMARTER newsletter is now available Enjoy your reading here For receiving the future issues please sign up on the website platform

From Industry Governments and International Organizations

BioMar sees potential in novel aquafeed solutions

Insect meal algae oil and single cell proteins show promise as novel ingredients in the diets of farmed fish This is according to BioMar that has completed tests with these novel ingredients for use in aquafeed Learn more at AllAboutFeed

German interest in buying milking equipment increases solutions

The percentage of German cattle farmers who wish to invest in milking equipment has increased in 2019 compared to 2018 This has been shown by the intermediate results of the survey with German dairy farmers by AgriDirect Germany GmbH Read the article at AllAboutFeed

From Science and Innovation

Wageningen University amp Research Animal Breeding and Genetics online courses

Join the Professional Certificate Programme of the Animal Breeding and Genomics Group of Wageningen University amp Research and learn to design set-up execute and optimize an animal breeding programme The programme is fully online and is self-paced You will learn about the basic principles of population quantitative and molecular genetics and get the tools to increase the production of livestock and domestic animals Detailed information can be found here

Poultry production the power of organic acids knowing the difference

A report released earlier this year said that the global eubiotics market accounted for US$ 490 billion in 2017 This portfolio of products includes prebiotics probiotics organic acids and essential oils which are all tools used to keep animals healthy either by bolstering an animalrsquos own immune system or by inhibiting pathogens Read the full article on AllAboutFeed

From EU (policies and projects)

SmartCow Training Program

Interested in feed efficiency of cattle and methane emissions Join the SmartCow training program Seven training courses are scheduled for September and October 2019 dealing with topics such as feed efficiency of beef and dairy cattle and methane emissions gold standard methods to assess key phenotypes in ruminant nutrition and measurement

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Ndeg167 - Jun 2019 wwweaaporg

Ethics amp Philosophy

Speciesism anti-speciesism and animal rights by Ceacutedric Sueur

Introduced by Ryder in 1970 ldquospeciesismrdquo is defined as a form of discrimination based on species This concept echoes racism and sexism First formulated to show the superiority (ie the superior rights) that humans attribute to themselves compared to other animals speciesism then took on board the differences that people attribute to other species These species differences are based on multiple criteria such as body size culture proximity utility Whilst we mostly do not like invertebrates compared to vertebrates we still have preferences inside this taxon as we love bees but hate wasps Another instance is based on food culture It is difficult and even impossible for Europeans to eat dogs yet they eat pork Read the full article here

Job offers

Postdoc Position at the Johann Heinrich von Thuumlnen Institute Germany

The Thuumlnen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture of the Johann Heinrich von Thuumlnen Institute Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries in Braunschweig is looking for a PhD candidate to join the research project ldquoDevelopment and improvement of methods for German national reporting on emissions from soils under agricultural userdquo Detailed information can be found here Application deadline (CV cover letter certificates including the keyword lsquoEmissionsinventarersquo) 5th July 2019

Postdoc Position at the INRA research unit Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology (GABI) France

A 3-year PhD position is available at the Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology (GABI) an INRA research unit focusing on the incorporation of known functional annotations in Bayesican genomic prediction models starting from October 2019 Further information can be found here or contacting Dr Andrea Rau (andrearauinrafr) and Dr Pascal Croiseau (pascalcroiseauinrafr) Interested candidates can apply by e-mail at the same addresses

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June 27th -29th 2019 in Bern Switzerland

17th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals

The ICPD conference is a traditional scientific conference dedicated to current topics related to farm animal diseases that are related to the respective food production systems For more information visit the conference website

July 8th-11th 2019 in Austin Texas

2019 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting and Trade Show

The 2019 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting and Trade Show will be held in Austin Texas For more information visit the website

July 29th ndash August 2nd 2019 in Accra Ghana

7th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA)

The 7th AACAA will be held at the Accra International Conference Centre Ghana from July 29th to August 2nd 2019 The conference is being organised by the All Africa Society for Animal Production (AASAP) in association with the Ghana Society of Animal Production (GSAP) the Ghana Animal Science Association (GASA) and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) The main theme is ldquoInnovations to secure the future of African animal agriculture in a globalizing worldrdquo More information can be found here

Publications

bull Cambridge University PressAnimal Volume 13- Issue 6 ndash June 2019

Conferences and workshops

June 23rd-26th 2019 in Cincinnati Ohio

ADSA 2019 Annual Meeting

The 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Associationreg (ADSAreg) is the most comprehensive dairy science meeting in the world For more information visit the website

June 25th -27th 2019 in Foulum Denmark

International Conference Circular Bioeconomy Days 2019

The international conference Circular Bioeconomy Days 2019 will take place from 25 to 27 June at Aarhus University in Foulum A good opportunity to meet Danish and European decision-makers as well as leading Danish and international researchers and entrepreneurs who work to develop the bioeconomy and sustainable protein sources of the future For more information visit the website

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September 8th -12th in Wroclaw Poland

XIX Congress of the International Society for Animal Hygiene (ISAH 2019)

The XIX Congress of the International Society for Animal Hygiene (ISAH 2019) will take place from 8 to 12 September 2019 in Wroclaw Poland For more information visit the website

September 9th ndash 12th 2019 in Belo Horizonte Brazil

6th EAAP International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition (ISEP 2019)

The organizing committee and EAAP Commission on Animal Nutrition invite you to the 6th EAAP International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition (ISEP 2019) For more information please visit ISEP 2019 website

September 18th ndash 20th 2019 in Turin Italy

23rd Congress of the European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition

The 23rd Congress of the European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (ESVCN) is organized by the Research team in Animal Nutrition of the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Torino (Italy) The 2019 Congress will focus on the comparative nutrition of farm pets wildlife and zoo animals More information on the website

September 18th ndash 20th 2019 in Istanbul Turkey

12th World Buffalo Congress

The 12th World Buffalo Congress will be held in Istanbul Turkey during 18-20 September 2019 The theme of WBC2019 is ldquoEfficient Production for the Worldrdquo In addition to the main congress there will be the Pre-Congress Workshop on ldquoReproductive Biotechnology in Buffalordquo during 16th-17th September 2019 For more information please visit the website

August 5th ndash 9th 2019 in Bergen Norway

53rd Congress International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)

The Congress ISAE2019 will take place at Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Bergen Norway on 5th-9th August 2019 and itrsquos organized by Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) For more information visit the website

August 26th ndash 28th 2019 in Berlin Germany

13th EPIZONE Annual Meeting

The EPIZONE annual meeting will be held from 26-28 August 2019 in Berlin Germany and will be hosted by the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) the German Federal Research Institute for Animal Health Theme of the 13th Annual Meeting will be lsquoBreaking Wallsrsquo For more information please visit the website

August 26th ndash 30th 2019 in Ghent Belgium

70th EAAP Annual Meeting (EAAP 2019)

The Belgian organizing team is delighted to invite you to the 70th Annual Meeting of EAAP The meeting will take place from 26thndash30th August 2019 in the historic yet contemporary city of Ghent The meeting will be organized by ILVO under the patronage of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries from the Flemish Government For more information please visit EAAP 2019 website

September 3rdndash 6th 2019 in Leipzig Germany

International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology

The Symposium about Ruminant Physiology will be held in Germany in 2019 at the Kongresshalle am Zoo of Leipzig The Symposium is the major international conference on ruminant physiology For more information please visit the symposium website

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October 23rd ndash 25th 2019 in Dodoma Tanzania

42nd Annual Scientific Conference for the Tanzanian Society of Animal Production

The 42nd Annual Scientific Conference for the TSAP will be held in Dodoma Tanzania at St Gaspar Hotel and Conference Centre from 23rd to 25th October 2019 The main theme will be ldquoSupporting Industrialization through Livestock and Fish Value Chains under Changing Climaterdquo Abstract submission deadline 15th August 2019 Further information is available hereOctober 23rd ndash 25th 2019 in Prague Czech Republic

11th European Symposium on Poultry Genetics

The 11th European Symposium on Poultry Genetics is organised by the Czech branch of WPSA and Working Group 3 lsquoBreeding and Geneticsrsquo of the European Federation of WPSA It will be held in the Congress Center of Prague in Czech Republic from October 23rd to 25th 2019 For more information visit the website

October 22nd ndash 26th 2019 in Varadero Cuba

5th International Convention AGRODESARROLLO 2019

The 5th International Convention AGRODESARROLLO 2019 will take place on October 22nd-26th 2019 at the Plaza Ameacuterica Convention Center Varadero Cuba Deadline for abstract submission July 19th 2019 For more information please visit the website or read the program here

November 8th ndash 11th 2019 in Pokhara Nepal

7th International Conference on Sustainable Animal Agriculture for Developing Countries (SAADC)

The 7th SAADC 2019 conference will be held in Nepal from November 8th-11th 2019 The theme is ldquoEco-friendly Animal Production for Profitable Smallholder Farmingrdquo For more information and registration please the website

September 19th ndash 21st 2019 China

3rd China Swine Science and technology Conference

Chinese Association of Animal science and Veterinary medicine (CAAV) will host the 3rd China Swine Science and technology Conference (CSSC2019) in 19th-21st September 2019 together with the Annual Conference of CAAV in Qingdao China Read more here September 23rd ndash 27th 2019 in Montepulciano Tuscany Italy

Workshop Genetic Data Analysis for Plant and Animal Breeding

The workshop ldquoGenetic Data Analysis for Plant and Animal Breedingrdquo is organised by the University North Carolina State University USA and the University of Florence Italy For more information visit the website

October 9th ndash 11th 2019 in Belgrade Serbia

12th International Symposium on Modern Trends in Livestock Production

The 12th International Symposium ldquoModern Trends in Livestock Production ldquowill be held in hotel Park in Belgrade 9th-11th October 2019 in Belgrade Republic of Serbia Participants can take part with an oral or poster presentation For more information read the attachment

October 16th ndash 19th 2019 in Florence Italy

X International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig (X-PIGMED-2019)

The X International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig (X-PIGMED-2019) will be held in Florence (Italy) on October 16th-19th 2019 For more information visit the website or contact the Scientific Secretariat at medpig2019gmailcom

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human and animal health risks due to mycotoxin contamination Submission deadline for poster presentations 15th November 2019 For more information and registration visit the website

January 27th- 28th2020 in Atlanta USA

13th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM)

The 13th IFRM will be organized by IFIF and FAO and it provides an opportunity for regulators and feed industry professionals from across the globe to exchange their thoughts and discuss concrete ideas for providing safe and affordable feed and food around the world The participation is by invitation only and it is for direct IFIF members and invited government feed officials only If interested please contact infoififorg feed-safetyfaoorg and danielabattagliafaoorg in cc For more information please visit the website

November 11th ndash 13th 2019 in Brisbane Australia

3rd International Tropical Agriculture Conference - TROPAG2019

The International Tropical Agriculture Conference will take place in Brisbane from 11th to 13th of November 2019 The TropAg 2019 program will focus on lsquoShaping the science of tomorrowrsquo and include five program themes across field crops horticulture livestock nutritious food and an AgFutures stream focused on technology and investment For more information and registration please visit the website

November 25th- 27th2019 in Langkawi Kedah Malaysia

39th Malaysian Society of Animal Production Annual Conference

The 39th Malaysian Society of Animal Production Annual Conference will be held in Langkawi Kedah Malaysia from 25th to 27th November 2019 The theme of the conference is ldquoLivestock perspectives shaping the path for the futurerdquo For more information please visit the website If you are interested you can also fill the document Form to become an MSAP member

November 26th- 28th2019 in Paris France

Insectinov3 Conference

The Conference Insectinov3 will focus on the key issues concerning industrial-scale insect rearing and large-scale production of insects for Human and Animal Food and Feed Abstract submission deadline 14th October 2019 For more information and registration visit the website

January 13th- 15th2020 in Bangkok Thailand

WMFmeetsASIA ndash the 12th Conference of The World Mycotoxin Forum

The aim of WMFmeetsASIA ndash the worldrsquos largest mycotoxin event ndash is to increase the awareness of

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ldquoA true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heartrdquo

(Gabriel Garciacutea Maacuterquez)

The Flash-e-news is the Official EAAP Newsletter This interesting update about activities of the European animal science community presents information on leading research institutions in Europe and also informs on developments in the industry sector related to animal science and production The Newsletter is sent to all EAAP Members and supporters You are all invited to submit information for the newsletter Please send information news text photos and logo to marleneeaaporg

EAAP Secretariat is located at the following address Via G Tomassetti 3 A1 - Rome (Italy) Tel +39-06-44 20 26 39Fax +39-06-44 26 67 98 E-mail eaapeaaporg

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