Proposed sessions – The 75th EAAP Annual Meeting

Genetics

1 - Integrating mitigation and adaptation breeding strategies
2 - Breeding scheme optimization: balancing breeding goal(s), genetic progress and diversity
15 - Role of bioinformatics applied to livestock data – Exploiting structural variation and pangenome-based techniques for livestock
16 - Genomic selection tools for within- and across- herd management in livestock species
30 - Relationships between environmental efficiency traits – an interdisciplinary approach
31 - Breeding schemes for development of small populations
43 - Digital phenotyping, sensors, ‘omics’ and genetics in enhanced sustainability
44 - Genetics of food quality
58 - The role of breeding and genetics in the sustainable transformation of the livestock sector
71 - Genetic evaluations: new methods, new species, new proxies
72 - Methods in prediction of genetic merit and assessment of genetic diversity
85 - Genetics of novel health and welfare traits

Cattle

3 - N, P and C efficient use and circularity in dairy farms – high utilization, minimal losses
4 - Research on young stock care: the journey of calves from gestation onwards
17 - Global quality of animal products in 2024: stakeholders’ perceptions, desires, and priorities in a changing world
18 - Sustainable and smart integration of the dairy and beef sectors in EU
32 - The role of marbling in beef quality – development, importance, measurement; harmonisation
33 - Mediterranean buffalo farming for sustainable milk and meat production
45 - Indicators, hi-tech solutions, and tools to effectively manage cattle
46 - Viable future dairy farming systems and products from production, feeding, environmental and consumer viewpoint, Part 1
59 - Milk properties for the valorization of dairy (by-products) manufacturing
60 - Viable future dairy farming systems and products from production, feeding, environmental and consumer viewpoint, Part 2
73 - Targeting ecosystem services provision by grasslands and protein self-sufficiency in cattle production
87 - Dairy herd management
88 - How the dairy sector copes with EU-Green deal

Nutrition

5 - Innovative and emerging feed and forage resources
6 - Advances in ruminant nutrition, Part 1
19 - Nutritional Models development and applications in livestock farming
20 - Functional feed additives in poultry nutrition
34 - Nutrition management to reduce methane emission and environmental impact, Part 1
35 - Advances in non-ruminant nutrition, Part 1
47 - Nutrition management to reduce methane emission and environmental impact, Part 2
49 - Nutrition in health and welfare of ruminants
61 - Advances in fish nutrition
62 - Feeding for improving the nutritional, safety and organoleptic characteristics of animal-derived foods
75 - Advances in non ruminant nutrition, Part 2
76 - Advances in ruminant nutrition, Part 2
89 - Free communications in animal nutrion
90 - Nutrition and feeding in the circular economy
98 - Nutrition in health and welfare in monogastric animals

Horse

7 - Emerging practices and tools in horse production
48 - Horse genetics and genomics
57 - Socio-economic approaches to address the contemporary issues of the horse industry
74 - From horse welfare to social license to operate

Pig

8 - Innovative approaches to pig and poultry production
21 - Heat stress in pig and poultry production: consequences and strategies to cope with the consequence of the global warming
22 - Innovation in pig genetics
36 - Slow-growing meat-type and dual purpose genotypes for conventional and alternative farming systems in the EU
37 - Rethink the transition from suckling to weaning to prevent negative consequences of the stress on pig health
50 - Sustainable solutions to support and sustain gut health in monogastric livestock (with project MONOGUTHEALTH), Part 1
64 - Sustainable solutions to support and sustain gut health in monogastric livestock (with project MONOGUTHEALTH), Part 2
78 - Collaboration in experimental research for sustainable pig production (with PIGWEB).
86 - Tailored housing and management strategies from incubation to slaughter house, for poultry
92 - Good practices in experimental research for sustainable pig production (with PIGWEB)

Health and Welfare

9 - Alternative production systems and free communications in animal behaviour and welfare
23 - Management measures to reduce production disease
38 - Best-practice in addressing pig welfare on-farm
51 - Genetic progress vs animal welfare?
63 - Improving animal welfare by optimising nutrition/feeding behaviour, Part 1
65 - PLF for health, behaviour and welfare, Part 2
77 - Improving animal welfare by optimising nutrition/feeding behaviour, Part 2
79 - Welfare issues for small ruminants
93 - Preventive approaches to livestock diseases to reduce drug resistance

Livestock Farming System

10 - Livestock are more than food, Part 1
24 - Livestock are more than food, Part 2
39 - Building quality into animal products to improve the sustainability of farming systems for the future
52 - Redesigning the trajectory: the contribution of research to the development of resilient Livestock Farming Systems and their role to climate change and biodiversity
The aim of the session is to explore the concept of resilient livestock farming systems as affected and impacted by climate change and the role of animal efficiency and biodiversity in shaping a new environment in livestock and food production. This can be achieved at different scales: i) animal, ii) farm and iii) system level. Work is sought that focuses on the use of agroecological approaches and/or the use of indicators, on feed use, animal effectiveness, smart technologies and the role of interdisciplinarity in tackling climate impacts and promoting sustainable livestock farming systems. The session will present output from European projects that address resilience and sustainability of LFS with different approaches and will accept submission of studies on adaptation and mitigation strategies.
66 - The current and future role of pasture production systems in the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change impacts in livestock farming systems
80 - Technologies for GHG emission mitigation on farm: options, opportunities and challenges
94 - Living labs and demonstration farms: approaches to improve sustainability of LFS globally

Insects

11 - Insect nutrition
25 - Project session ADVAGROMED
53 - Insect genetics, reproduction, physiology and behaviour
67 - Innovative insect application and technologies
81 - Safety, sustainability and welfare in the insect
95 - Insects as food & feed

Sheep and Goat

12 - Effectiveness of breeding programs for local breeds in the Mediterranean region and other harsh environments
26 - Production potential and adaptation of camelid species to extensive, semi-intensive and intensive production systems in arid and semi-arid environments
40 - Zooarchaeological research lessons for contemporary livestock management, conservation and genetics
54 - Sustainable sheep and goat high-yield production systems: Management, nutrition, mechanization, health, and welfare aspects
68 - Small ruminant health and welfare aspects
82 - Optimization of pasture forage and by-product resources to improve sheep and goat production
96 - Optimization of technical, economic, and environmental efficiency in sheep and goat production systems

Physiology

13 - Sensing Physiology: Tools towards optimising livestock husbandry
27 - Physiology of resilience and adaptation to climate change
41 - Optimising reproductive physiology of livestock
55 - Host physiology/genetics and microbiome interactions – The holobiont concept
69 - Epigenetics, adaptation and intergenerational transmission
83 - Early life nutrition and its latent impact on growth, lactational and reproductive physiology
97 - Biological mechanisms regulating inflammatory and energy metabolism in livestock species

Precision Livestock Farming

14 - Integration of PLF and context data to improve decision making
28 - EU-LI-PHE: Livestock phenomics, incl free communications on livestock phenotyping and phenomics
42 - Digital technologies for management
56 - PLF for health, behaviour and welfare, Part 1
70 - RES4LIVE: (renewable) energy for livestock, incl free communications on energy and sensors for thermal comfort of livestock
84 - PLF systems to face climate change and increase sustainability

Other sessions

29 - Reassessing our relationship with farmed animals
91 - Young EAAP session. Project writing: tools, opportunities and experiences