N° 155 - 2018 www.eaap.orgEuropean Federation for Animal Science

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EDITORIALEDITORIAL BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL

“The World Conference on Animal Production is being held at a critical time in man’s history. It is a time marked

by a very rapid extension of scientific knowledge, and by rising expectation of people in less developed areas on

the one hand, and on the other hand, by rapidly rising populations, overcrowding of the land in many areas, and

slowness to adopt improved agricultural practices in less developed areas where needs for food, and particularly

animal products, are greatest”. These words that seem so topical and contemporary were instead said 55 years ago

by Ralph W. Phillips, the Director of the Foreign Agriculture Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to introduce

the first World Conference of 1963 held in Rome. We are not surprised that objectives remain the same after such

long time. Moreover, other issues are currently considered that were not then, like environmental impact and animal

welfare, that more than half a century ago were not fully well-thought-out. In the last 55 years, after the first World

Conference, other conferences were held every five years in cities across every continent (Melbourne, Edmonton,

Beijing, Cape Town, Porto Alegre, Helsinki, …). The last one was held three weeks ago in the beautiful town of

Vancouver (Canada) back-to-back with the ASAS/CSAS annual meeting. There were many interesting lectures and

an international stimulating environment. The organizationally important decisions taken by the General Assembly

of World Association were about the new President and the location of the 2023 annual meeting (more inside the

newsletter). The new President of the World Association of Animal Production is Philippe Chemineau of INRA and past

EAAP President. Lyon (France) was the selected location for the next World Conference winning the competition

over another strong proposal: Melbourne. This is obviously the “month of France” not only for the world football cup

recently won but also in the field of animal science!

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NEWS FROM EAAPPhilippe Chemineau new President of WAAP and Lyon hosting 2023 WCAP

Few weeks ago, July 5th to 8th 2018, the World Conference of Animal Production was held in Vancouver Canada. EAAP was able to achieve two important goals during this meeting, the new President of the organization, the World Association for Animal Production (www.waap.it), is the past EAAP President: Philippe Chemineau. We all had the opportunity to appreciate the quality and dedication of Philippe when he had been EAAP President. During his presidency EAAP reached many objectives: growing the participation to the annual meeting, increasing quantity and quality of provided services, doubling the amount of financial reserves, etc. and we are sure that WAAP will also benefit by having elected Philippe as President for next five years. Moreover, the location of the next location of the World Conference of Animal Production was selected during the same General Assembly of WAAP. There were two strong proposals, Melbourne (Australia) put forward by the Australian Society of Animal Production and Lyon (France) put forward by EAAP. We are pleased to inform you that the General Assembly of WAAP voted for the EAAP proposal. This means that in 2023 the EAAP meeting in Lyon will be organized in cooperation with the World Conference for Animal Production. Double success for our delegation! Furthermore during the same meeting Matthias Gauly was elected as Council member of WAAP, representing Europe.

EAAP Working Group Livestock Farming in Mountain Areas

The 1st European Symposium on Livestock Farming in Mountain Areas (held the 20th-22th June in Bolzano) gave EAAP the opportunity to develop a Working group about Livestock Farming in Mountain Areas.The Convenor of the WG is Prof. Giulio Cozzi (M), full professor in dairy and beef cattle production at the Padova University. His research focuses on intensive and extensive beef and dairy cattle production systems in Southern Europe assessing

the effects of various production factors (feeding, breeding, housing etc.) on cattle health, welfare and performance. He has a large experience in the gathering and harmonizing of large cattle datasets from different European countries. If you are interested to join the Working Group please write to Giulio.Cozzi@Unipd.itKeep up to date on the website.

EAAP is looking for a motivated person to interact with industries

EAAP is constantly strengthening the cooperation with industries on several levels. Therefore, we are looking for motivated persons to broaden the staff dedicated to interacting with industries for:

1. Increasing the cooperation between industries and EAAP and animal scientists,

2. Supporting the inclusion of industries in EU supported projects,

3. Organizing Academy Workshops (organized jointly by EAAP and a dedicated industry),

4. Sponsoring activities and much more.

The endeavours are paid accordingly with the obtained results. If you are interested please send an email to eaap@eaap.org, more details will be given. If you are not directly interested but you know someone who could be, please show him/her this offer.

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EAAP PEOPLE PORTRAIT

Danilo Domenici

Danilo is an IT Technician and Consultant and works for EAAP since 2001, in EAAP holds the role of head of technology dealing with the management of local and web infrastructure and periodically proposing the implementation of new technologies. Currently Danilo is working in close cooperation with Andrea Rosati, to make the IT structure compliant with the GDPR, the new European law about privacy, through optimizations, migrations and new implementations of procedures and structure. Weekly he meets the Secretary General in EAAP office to check the staff requests, the progress of the IT tools in the office and for EAAP services and to monitor the situation on previous decisions and current activities. Danilo started to get interested in IT technology since his youth helping his friends with computer repair, during his University study in Management and Business he started to collaborate with a couple of computer shop, and few years later he founded with his brother the company named Andromeda Service. Over the years he has acquired the skills of problem solver and Project Manager in IT field and currently he is the CRM manager for one of

the most important Italian Real Estate company and the IT Manager of the Italian branch office of one important American University. In his free time Danilo likes to run, spend time with his niece and nephews, hang out with friends, travel and go to the stadium to watch home games of S.S. Lazio, first team of the city of Rome…

F R O M S C I E N C E A N D I N N O VA T I O N

INRA Animal Welfare Newsletter

Read the interesting INRA Newsletter “Improving the welfare of farm animals”.

FEFAC convinced EU to adapt copper reduction plans

Reducing copper levels for pigs to 25 mg/kg for all age groups, as suggested in an FEEDAP Panel Opinion from 2016 is not realistic. But fortunately, the European Commission listened to the feed industry experts from FEFAC, who proposed a more realistic plan, taking both the environment and animal performance and health into consideration. All About Feed talked to FEFAC Animal Nutrition Committee expert Erik Dam Jensen about what it entails. Read the full article on AllAboutFeed.

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FROM EU (POLICIES AND PROJECTS)

GplusE training schools 2018 “New genomic and management tools for healthier dairy cows”

GplusE project is organising two training schools to be held in Romania and Spain in October and November 2018 that will provide scientists, teachers, veterinarians and dairy chain actors with new tools for a new approach of the selection and management of dairy cows. The registration is free and includes also some facilities. For more information and registration please visit the website!

SC2 INFODAY CALL for proposals 2019

The Societal Challenge 2 Info Day for the 2019 calls took place on 25 June 2018 in Brussels. Read all the interesting news on the website.

Save the date: 4th Organic Innovation Days – TP Organics with G-STIC

Brussels, 27-28 November 2018

The 4th edition of the Organic Innovation Days, the annual event of TP Organics, will take place on November 27–28 2018 in Brussels, in conjunction with the G-STIC 2018 conference from 28 to 30

November. Registration for the event will open on 20 July on the website of TP Organics..

SmartCow Transnational Access: Calls for Proposals

Free access to leading cattle research facilities in France, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland and Denmark. SmartCow Transnational Access (TNA) Calls will provide the academic and industry communities with free access to a wide range of first-class dairy and beef cattle research facilities across Europe. Deadline for the 1st stage 30th September 2018. Read more on the website!

EU-funded H2020 Projects at EAAP Annual Meeting 2018

The following EU-funded H2020 projects will hold a session during the EAAP Annual Meeting to be held in Dubrovnik:

iSAGE: “Farm to fork influences on product quality in sheep and goat meat and milk (with H2020 Project iSAGE” – 27th August 2018

Moreover, iSAGE representatives will give several presentations in different conference sessions. Read more here.

GenTORE: “What the hell is resilience and efficiency actually?” - 28th of August 2018

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SAPHIR and Feed-a-Gene: “Multi-disciplinary approaches for improving sustainable livestock production: research needs, opportunities and difficulties” – 30th August 2018

VetBioNet project: calendar of 3Rs events

Keep up to date with next European and worldwide conferences on 3Rs for animal research! Download and share the VetBioNet calendar of 3Rs events.

iSAGE project – Summer School

Last May, the iSAGE project - funded by Horizon 2020 – held a 3-day summer school in Zaragoza, Spain. The course provided postgraduate students and early scientists with an overview of main areas of research and innovation in sheep and goats in Europe, widening their comprehension on the aspects in which science is contributing to the sustainability of the small ruminant sector. Lectures, open discussions with experts and industry stakeholders, and a field visit to a real example of an innovative production system enriched their understanding on the actual stakes and challenges to which the sector is confronted and on how science and innovations can help the industry to cope with them. Read the article appears on Heraldo de Aragon.

COST ACTION PiGutNet: Final Event 27th-28th September 2018 - Thessaloniki, Greece

The meeting of the final event of PiGutNet will be held the 27th-28th September 2018 in Thessaloniki (Greece). The final program of the event will be shared soon. The invitation is extended also to the industrial partners, in line with the objective of the HORIZON2020 framework “turn into practice the scientific knowledge”.

INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Smart data solutions at VIV Utrecht

‘Sharing Data = Better Poultry’ was the central theme at VIV Europe 2018 in Utrecht. Many companies showed new products to connect independent datasets from different players in the supply chain to analyse, compare and make them actionable. New introductions, innovations and partnerships made the exhibition world class. Read the full article on PoultryWorld.

PUBLICATIONS

• The Scientific opinion “Evaluation of the application for a new alternative processing method for animal by-products of Category 3 material (ChainCraft B.V.)” has been published recently in EFSA supporting website: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5281

• The Technical report “Report for 2016 on the results from the monitoring of veterinary medicinal product residues and other substances in live animals and animal products” has been published recently in EFSA supporting website: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2018.EN-1358

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JOB OFFERS

Job Positions at Aarhus University, Denmark

The Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, invites highly qualified applicants for:

1. a position in applied biometrics available from 1 November 2018 or soon thereafter. Deadline: 13th August 2018.

2. a position in immunological methods and immune system of production animals available from 1 January 2019 or soon thereafter. Deadline: 13th August 2018.

3. professorships in the areas of Herd Management and Animal Health Economics. The positions are available from 1 January 2019. Deadline: 20th August 2018.

Tenure track position as Research Scientist in Nutritional Biochemistry or Animal Physiology at FBN Leibniz, Dummerstorf, Germany

We are looking for a candidate with an excellent

research qualification holding a PhD in veterinary sciences, animal sciences or nutritional biochemistry. The successful candidate should have knowledge in animal physiology and biochemistry and experience with methods of animal nutrition. The appointee is expected to show dedication and to be a team player. Practical implementation of new methods, writing research proposals and publications and a keen interest in science are expected. Acquisition of third-party funding is required. Working languages are English and German.The selection process is starting now and will be continued until staffing. For full description read the leaflet.

Postdoc in Animal Molecular Genetics at Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany

The Technical University of Munich is looking for a highly motivated and creative post-doctoral researcher with a PhD in agricultural / veterinary science or biology with a dissertation emphasis on molecular genetics to establish 3C methodologies in our laboratory. Applicants should demonstrate a high level of proficiency in molecular genetics, preferentially with experience in next generation sequencing and data analysis. Applicants should also have an established peer-reviewed publication record and have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and preferably in German. For more information and application please visit the job vacancy.

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Post-doctoral fellow - Livestock Genomic Analysis– Bioinformatics at ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Post-doctoral fellow - Livestock Genomic Analysis (Bioinformatics) to undertake genome sequence analysis of African livestock breed/populations to identify signatures of selection on environmental adaptation and productivity traits, in support of breeding programs. Deadline: 11 August 2018. For more information and application please visit the job vacancy.

Chargé(e) de mission CDD at INRA, Paris, France

INRA is looking for a “Chargé(e) de mission” for 15 months from 1st October 2018. Deadline 30th August 2018. Read more here (job vacancy available only in French).

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

August 25th – 26th, 2018 in Dubrovnik, Croatia

BOLFA workshop 2018

The Biology Of Lactation in Farm Animals workshop will be held in Dubrovnik on August 25/26 during the weekend right before the 69th EAAP Annual Meeting. There are 5 sessions, each with invited speakers and submitted papers: 1. Mammary development, 2. Regulation and manipulation of milk secretion at different stages of lactation, 3. Alternative to the 305-d lactation, 4. Old and new indicators in milk for health status and metabolic load, 5. New developments in milking routines. For more information: http://www.eaap.org/bolfa/

August 27th - 31st, 2018 in Dubrovnik, Croatia

69th EAAP Annual Meeting (EAAP 2018)

The Organising and the Scientific Committees are delighted to announce that Croatia has been

chosen as the venue for the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. The meeting will take place from 27th to 31st August 2018 in Dubrovnik, one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean. The venue for the meeting will be the Valamar Resort. EAAP 2018 builds on the success of previous EAAP meetings, and it will provide an excellent opportunity for scientists working with a wide range of animal species and in related disciplines to meet and discuss the latest developments in animal sciences. For registration and other information about the European animal science annual meeting, please visit EAAP 2018 website. Early Registration to the 69th EAAP Annual Meeting is now open!

September 2nd -6th, 2018, in Clermont-Ferrand, France

10th International Symposium on the Nutrition of herbivores

The International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores (ISNH) is an international scientific conference that addresses a whole range of issues linked to the nutrition of herbivores in production systems or in the wild. The 10th edition will be hosted by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The 10th International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores conference will be a forum to discuss herbivore nutrition supporting agro-ecological and sustainable intensification approaches. The Symposium will feature plenary sessions, paper sessions, and posters by international experts. The sessions of the Symposium will cover basic herbivores nutrition to nutritional strategies to improve nutritional efficiency, product quality, health and animal welfare, and environmental issues. Contributions from young scientists are encouraged. For further information and the paper submission procedure please visit the website.

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September 5th-7th, 2018, in Utrecht, The Netherlands

6th European Veterinary Immunology Workshop

The European Veterinary Immunology Group (EVIG) and the local organizing committee are organising the 6th EVIW, EVIW2018 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Plenary and concurrent session topics will include: 1. Innate immunity; 2. Adaptive immunity; 3. Infection and immunity; 4. Vaccination; 5. Clinical immunology; 6. Allergy; 7. Mucosal immunology; 8. The microbiome in relation to immune responses. Further information on registration, abstract submission and deadlines will be available soon at https://www.eviw2018.com/

September 9th -11th 2018, Chateau Elan Winery & Resort in Braselton, Georgia.

Innovate Conference 2018

The Innovate Conference 2018 “Influencing the Future of Animal-Sourced Foods” will be held in Georgia on 9th – 11th September 2018. Registration is now open! For more information please visit the website.

September 12th -14th, 2018, Davis, California, USA

Symposium 50th Anniversary of the California Net Energy

The 50th Anniversary of the California Net Energy Systems Symposium will be held on the UC Davis campus, September 12-14, 2018. This symposium builds on the pioneering work of Professors Lofgreen and Garrett who published their system in the Journal of Animal Science in 1968. For more information please visit the website. Registration at the following link!

September 13rd –15th, 2018, in London, United Kingdom

17th World Congress on Nutrition and Food Chemistry

The 17th World Congress on Nutrition and Food Chemistry will focus on “Exploring New Dimensions in Nutrition and Food Science”. Nutrition and Food chemistry 2018 is planned to offer a prominent opening to the experts in the field of Nutrition and Food Sciences to discuss latest research and challenges in the meadow. The companies dealing with nutritional products and supplements can exhibit their products in the Nutrition exhibition and expo. For more information please visit the website.

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September 18th –19th, 2018, Bonn, Germany

One Health & Food Safety Congress 2018

The One Health & Food Safety Congress 2018 will be held on 18th-19th September 2018 at the University of Bonn. The main aim of the Congress is to bring together scholars, researchers, educators, students, professionals and other groups from different disciplines to present their works in this academic platform. . For more information please visit the website.

September 20th, 2018, Turin, ItalyFood for Change – Technological Brokerage event,

Terra Madre, Salone del Gusto

This event is free of charge and represents an opportunity to connect companies, universities and R&D institutes looking for/offering new technologies in the Agrofood sector and/or partners for EU projects. Registration deadline 16th September. For more information visit the website.

September 21nd –22nd, 2018, Hinxton, UK

4th Livestock Genomics Conference

The 4th Livestock Genomics Conference will be held on 21st-22nd September 2018 at the Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre in Hinxton (near Cambridge UK). This immediately follows the Genome Informatics 2018 meeting that will be held at the same location. Early career researchers are encouraged to attend and present their work. Please register through the following link and supply your abstract.

September 21nd –24th, 2018, Rome, Italy

ISES 14th Equitation Science Conference

The Conference “Equine welfare: good training, good feeding, good housing, good mental state, good health, good behavior” will be held on 21st-

24th September in Rome. The conference is held remembering the 150 from the birth of Caprilli who patent the concept of lightening the seat and “giving” the reins to the horse while jumping which revolutionised equitation. Go along to the website for more information and registration.

September 26th-28th 2018, Smolenice, Slovakia

26th Animal Science Days Conference

The 26th Animal Science Days conference will be held in Slovakia, in the Smolenice Castle on 26th-28th September 2018. The papers must be of high scientific quality and respect the instruction for authors, otherwise they may be accepted only for the poster. For more information please visit the website or read the leaflet.

October 1st-2nd 2018, Ancona, Italy

1st Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry

The “1st Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry” will be held in Ancona, Italy, on 1st -2nd October 2018. The event will be organised by ASPA – the Association for Animal Science and Productions – in collaboration with others. For further information please visit the website.

October 9th, 2018, Brussels, Belgium

2nd Symposium on the Future of Sustainable Agriculture in the EU: Assessing the Role of Pesticides and Biocides

This international symposium will provide an invaluable opportunity to engage with the debate on pesticides in agriculture and analyse potential strategies for their sustainable use in the EU. Furthermore, it will enable delegates to scrutinise the procedure of approval of a pesticide, discuss about the renewal of the approval of glyphosate, and get to know novel and more sustainable plant protection products and methodologies. For more information and registration visit the website.

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October 15th –19th, 2018, in Accra, Ghana

7st All Africa Conference in Animal Agriculture

The All Africa Society for Animal Production (AASAP) is an association of individuals, groups and institutions which have interest in the art, science and practice of animal sciences relevant for animal agriculture. These include animal nutrition and feeding, genetics and breeding, health, welfare, and other aspects of husbandry. The AASAP is a member of the World Association of Animal Production (with its secretariat in Rome). The theme of the 7th AACAA – to be held in Ghana from October 15 to 19, 2018 – is: Innovations to Harness the Potential of African Animal Agriculture in a Globalizing World. The key words in this theme are secure future, innovations and globalizing world. For more information and registration please visit the website.

October 16th –19th, 2018, in Mar del Plata, Argentina

41st Argentine Congress of Animal Production

41st Argentine Congress of Animal Production will be held in October 16th -19th 2018, in Mar del Plata in Argentina. The Congress will be organised by AAPA.

The abstract can be submitted in Spanish or English. If interested, please submit it to: eeabalcarce.aapa@inta.gob.ar and eeabalcarce.rapa@inta.gob.ar

For further information andfor abstract submission please see the website.

October 22nd –25th, 2018, Rabat, Morocco

46th meeting of the Francophone Society of Chronobiology (SFC)

The The 46th meeting of the Francophone Society of Chronobiology (SFC) will be held for the first time in Africa in Rabat, the capital of Morocco and one of the four imperial cities of the Kingdom. The meeting will take place on October 22-25, 2018 at the Hassan II Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Institute. For Registration and abstracts submission please visit the website meeting.

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, Illumina’s 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 www.illumina.com/agrigenomics

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October 23rd –27th, 2018, in Mumbai, India

19th World Congress of Food Science and Technology

The 19th World Congress of Food Science and Technology will be held in October 23rd -27th 2018, at CIDCO International Convention Centre, in Mumbai in India and the theme will be “25 Billion Meals a Day by 2025 with Healthy, Nutritious, Safe and Diverse Foods”. The target highlights about 250 plus internationally well-known speakers of high repute along with special Plenary talks and 60 plus Scientific sessions and more than 800 poster presentations with a spectrum of about 3000 plus delegates. For more information and registration please visit the website.

October 25th – 27th, 2018, in Osijek, Croatia

International Scientific-Expert Conference on the Preservation of Animal Genetic Resources

The conference is organized by the Croatian Agricultural Agency, the University of Zagreb, the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek and the University of Zadar. It provides the possibility for verbal presentation, presentation via posters and the presentation of your institution/company or as a participant.

For further information, please read the first notification of the conference and visit the conference website.

October 29-November 1, 2018 in Itasca, Illinois

35th DISCOVER Conference - Effects of Stress on Health and Production in Dairy Cows

The 35th DISCOVER Conference – “Effects of Stress on Health and Production in Dairy Cows” will be held October 29-November 1, 2018 at the Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca, IL. The conference will concentrate on the activators and consequences of immune activation. Registration is now open. Attendance is limited. For more information please visit the website.

November 8th -9th, 2018, in Torremolinos-Malaga, Spain

Food Factor Conference

The Food Factor Conference will offer an excellent opportunity to learn and discuss about the latest

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A NEW MEDIA PLATFORM DEDICATED TO THE FEED WORLD• Round tables and inter-views with Key Opinion Leaders• Topics ranging from feed to food

A NEW MEDIA PLATFORM DEDICATED TO THE FEED WORLD

• Focus on industry issues

• Roundtables and interviews with scientific experts

• Enabling interaction with participants

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LIVE REPLAY Q & A

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the respective food production systems. The conference has the overall goal to contribute to improve sustainability in animal food production. Presentations from expert scientists from all over the world will cover field of animal husbandry, physiology, genetics, nutrition, welfare, and herd health management, as well the interactions among these disciplines. Species will include ruminants, swine, and poultry. The ICPD 2019 will be held at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Bern is the capital of Switzerland and also a unique touristic attraction with its beautiful historic old town which is a UNESCO World heritage site. For more information please visit the website. Chair of organizing committee: Prof. Rupert Bruckmaier, Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern. For more information check the conference website or contact us at icpd2019@vetsuisse.unibe.

August 26th – 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 26th–30th August 2019 in the historic yet contemporary city of Ghent. With its central location in Europe, between Amsterdam, Paris, London and the Ruhr Area, Ghent is easy to reach. The meeting will be organized by ILVO (Flanders’ research institute for agriculture, fisheries and food), under the patronage of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries from the Flemish Government and will offer a platform for livestock scientists to meet and discuss the latest developments in animal science with colleagues from other research institutes and industry from all over the world. Besides, there will be an attractive and interesting program of social events, as well as technical tours and an accompanying person program, in order to enjoy some of the beauties and delicacies Belgium offers. For more information, please visit EAAP 2019 website.

research results, insights, advances in the field of food science. Deadline for abstract submission 10th (oral presentation) and 17th (poster and virtual presentation) September 2018. For more information please visit the website.

November 12th -15th, 2018, in Adelaide, Australia

7th International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics in conjunction with a special Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG) Workshop

The Symposium and Workshop will include an exciting blend of science and topical issues with the latest advances in technology and research of interest to animal geneticists globally. The deadline to apply for a PhD student travel bursary for the Symposium and FAANG Workshop is Monday, August 6th. Also note that the deadline for abstract submission and early bird registration for Symposium and Workshop is Monday, August 20th. For more information, deadlines and registration please visit the website.

November 27th -29th, 2018, in Alexandria, Egypt

1st International Conference on Animal Genetic Resources Conservation in Africa and Asia

The 1st International Conference on Animal Genetic Resources Conservation in Africa and Asia will be held in November 27th-28th 2018 at the University of Alexandria, Egypt. The conference main theme will be: “Towards a rational conservation strategy for animal genetic resources for food and agriculture in Africa and Asia”. More information will be available soon.

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

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September 3rd– 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. It provides an overview of current, important scientific findings and areas of research in the physiology of ruminants of all kinds. For more information, please visit the symposium website.

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“To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.”

(Jean-Paul Sartre)

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