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Contents of Livestock Production Science, Volume 73 VOL. 73 NO. 1
20 DECEMBER 2001
Genetic and environmental correlations between test-day somatic cell count and milk yield traits M. Haile-Mariam, P.J. Bowman and M.E. Goddard (Parkville and Attwood, Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A within litter comparison of muscle fibre characteristics and growth of halothane carrier and halothane free crossbreed pigs P. Herfort Pedersen, N. Oksbjerg, A.H. Karlsson, H. Busk, E. Bendixen and P. Henckel (Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . The relation between plasma leptin concentrations and carcass lipid contents in Japanese Black steers Y. Kawakita, H. Abe, K. Hodate, A. Iguchi, M. Kobayashi, T. Mori, K. Kasai, Y. Tanai, Y. Kanbe, H. Mashiyama, T. Asada and T. Miyashige (Ibaraki, Yachimata, Ohmiya-machi and Haga-machi and Fujimi-mura, Japan) . . . . . . . . . Growth performance of weaner lambs offered maize stover supplemented with varying levels of maize and cottonseed meals S. Chakeredza, U. ter Meulen and L.R. Ndlovu (Goettingen, Germany, Mazowe and Harare, Zimbabwe) . . . . . . . . Milk quality assessment in automatic milking systems: accounting for the effects of variable intervals between milkings on milk composition N.C. Friggens and M.D. Rasmussen (Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editorial: The Origin of BSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Response to the August Editorial on the Role of EAAP . . . . . . . . 52 nd EAAP Annual Meeting, Budapest, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address by President of EAAP in Budapest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 rd EAAP Annual Meeting, Cairo 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Future EAAP Annual Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Report on Round Table at EAAP Meeting, Budapest 2001 . . . . . . Animal Genetic Resources Working Group Report . . . . . . . . . . . Symposium on Teaching Animal Production in CEEC . . . . . . . . . BABROC Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reports of EAAP Study Commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Awards 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Scholars, Young Scientist and Poster Awards, Budapest, 2001 Interbull Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Mediterranean Contact Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Association of Animal Production Report . . . . . . . . . . . . Forthcoming Scientific Meetings associated with EAAP . . . . . . . . Personal News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . European News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News from EAAP Member Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . International News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reports of Meetings associated with EAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publications of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calendar of Scientific Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Prediction of the relative intake potential of grass silage by dairy cows P. Huhtanen, H. Khalili, J.I. Nousiainen, M. Rinne, S. Jaakkola, T. Heikkila¨ and J. Nousiainen (Jokioinen, Maaninka and Valio, Finland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Efficiency of use of body tissue energy for milk production in lactating dairy cows R.M. Kirkland, T. Yan, R.E. Agnew and F.J. Gordon (Hillsborough and Belfast, UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performance of growing–finishing pigs fed medium- or high-fibre diets supplemented with avilamycin, formic acid or formic acid–sorbate blend ¨ ¨ and Seinajoki, ¨ K. Partanen, H. Siljander-Rasi, T. Alaviuhkola, K. Suomi and M. Fossi (Hyvinkaa Finland) . . . . . . . . Direct, maternal and nurse sow genetic effects on farrowing-, pre-weaning- and total piglet survival E.F. Knol, B.J. Ducro, J.A.M. van Arendonk and T. van der Lende (Wageningen and Beuningen, The Netherlands) . . Changes in stress-related plasma metabolite concentrations in working Mashona cows on dietary supplementation M. Chimonyo, N.T. Kusina, H. Hamudikuwanda and I. Ncube (Harare, Zimbabwe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dietary fructooligosaccharides and transgalactooligosaccharides can affect fermentation characteristics in gut contents and portal plasma of growing pigs J.G.M. Houdijk, M.W.A. Verstegen, M.W. Bosch and K.J.M. van Laere (Wageningen, The Netherlands) . . . . . . . . . Pasture intake and digestibility by young and non-breeding adult sheep: the extent of genetic variation and relationships with productivity G.J. Lee, K.D. Atkins and A.A. Swan (Orange, NSW and Armidale, NSW, Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetic associations between observed feed intake measurements during growth, feed intake curve parameters and growing–finishing performances of central tested boars V. Schulze, R. Roehe, J.L. Bermejo, H. Looft and E. Kalm (Kiel and Schleswig, Germany) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use of Bayesian analysis of growth functions to estimate crossbreeding parameters in Iberian pigs ´ ´ ´˜ A. Fernandez, M.C. Rodrıguez, J. Rodriganez, L. Silio´ and M.A. Toro (Madrid, Spain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Partition of sire effects for international sire evaluation in the presence of genotype 3 environment interaction K. Togashi, C.Y. Lin, T. Yoshizawa, Y. Okamura, K. Moribe, A. Nishiura and N. Yamamoto (Sapporo, Japan, Guelph, Canada, Fukushima and Tokyo, Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estimation of energy intake from heart rate and energy expenditure in sheep under confinement or grazing condition D. Barkai, S. Landau, A. Brosh, H. Baram and G. Molle (Negev, Bet Dagan and Ramat Yishai, Israel and Olmedo, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transport stress in horses: an electromyographic study on balance preservation G. Giovagnoli, M. Trabalza Marinucci, A. Bolla and A. Borghese (Perugia and Roma, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The effects of feed restriction and lying deprivation on pituitary–adrenal axis regulation in lactating cows A.D. Fisher, G.A. Verkerk, C.J. Morrow and L.R. Matthews (Hamilton, New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Influence of halothane genotype and body-weight on myosin heavy chain composition in pig muscle as related to meat quality F.F.S. Depreux, A.L. Grant and D.E. Gerrard (West Lafayette, IN, USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A simple model to predict the herbage intake of grazing dairy ewes in semi-extensive Mediterranean systems M. Avondo, S. Bordonaro, D. Marletta, A.M. Guastella and G. D’Urso (Catania, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primiparous and multiparous maternal ability in sows in relation to indoor and outdoor farrowing systems ¨ ¨ M. Wulbers-Mindermann, B. Algers, C. Berg, N. Lundeheim and J. Sigvardsson (Skara, Funbo-Lovsta and Karlstad, Sweden) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contents Volume 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Genetic and environmental correlations between test-day somatic cell count and milk yield traits M. Haile-Mariam, P.J. Bowman and M.E. Goddard (Parkville and Attwood, Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A within litter comparison of muscle fibre characteristics and growth of halothane carrier and halothane free crossbreed pigs P. Herfort Pedersen, N. Oksbjerg, A.H. Karlsson, H. Busk, E. Bendixen and P. Henckel (Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . The relation between plasma leptin concentrations and carcass lipid contents in Japanese Black steers Y. Kawakita, H. Abe, K. Hodate, A. Iguchi, M. Kobayashi, T. Mori, K. Kasai, Y. Tanai, Y. Kanbe, H. Mashiyama, T. Asada and T. Miyashige (Ibaraki, Yachimata, Ohmiya-machi and Haga-machi and Fujimi-mura, Japan) . . . . . . . . . Growth performance of weaner lambs offered maize stover supplemented with varying levels of maize and cottonseed meals S. Chakeredza, U. ter Meulen and L.R. Ndlovu (Goettingen, Germany, Mazowe and Harare, Zimbabwe) . . . . . . . . Milk quality assessment in automatic milking systems: accounting for the effects of variable intervals between milkings on milk composition N.C. Friggens and M.D. Rasmussen (Tjele, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editorial: The Origin of BSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Response to the August Editorial on the Role of EAAP . . . . . . . . 52 nd EAAP Annual Meeting, Budapest, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address by President of EAAP in Budapest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 rd EAAP Annual Meeting, Cairo 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Future EAAP Annual Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Report on Round Table at EAAP Meeting, Budapest 2001 . . . . . . Animal Genetic Resources Working Group Report . . . . . . . . . . . Symposium on Teaching Animal Production in CEEC . . . . . . . . . BABROC Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reports of EAAP Study Commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Awards 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Scholars, Young Scientist and Poster Awards, Budapest, 2001 Interbull Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAAP Mediterranean Contact Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Association of Animal Production Report . . . . . . . . . . . . Forthcoming Scientific Meetings associated with EAAP . . . . . . . . Personal News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . European News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News from EAAP Member Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . International News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reports of Meetings associated with EAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publications of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calendar of Scientific Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Prediction of the relative intake potential of grass silage by dairy cows P. Huhtanen, H. Khalili, J.I. Nousiainen, M. Rinne, S. Jaakkola, T. Heikkila¨ and J. Nousiainen (Jokioinen, Maaninka and Valio, Finland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Efficiency of use of body tissue energy for milk production in lactating dairy cows R.M. Kirkland, T. Yan, R.E. Agnew and F.J. Gordon (Hillsborough and Belfast, UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performance of growing–finishing pigs fed medium- or high-fibre diets supplemented with avilamycin, formic acid or formic acid–sorbate blend ¨ ¨ and Seinajoki, ¨ K. Partanen, H. Siljander-Rasi, T. Alaviuhkola, K. Suomi and M. Fossi (Hyvinkaa Finland) . . . . . . . . Direct, maternal and nurse sow genetic effects on farrowing-, pre-weaning- and total piglet survival E.F. Knol, B.J. Ducro, J.A.M. van Arendonk and T. van der Lende (Wageningen and Beuningen, The Netherlands) . . Changes in stress-related plasma metabolite concentrations in working Mashona cows on dietary supplementation M. Chimonyo, N.T. Kusina, H. Hamudikuwanda and I. Ncube (Harare, Zimbabwe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dietary fructooligosaccharides and transgalactooligosaccharides can affect fermentation characteristics in gut contents and portal plasma of growing pigs J.G.M. Houdijk, M.W.A. Verstegen, M.W. Bosch and K.J.M. van Laere (Wageningen, The Netherlands) . . . . . . . . . Pasture intake and digestibility by young and non-breeding adult sheep: the extent of genetic variation and relationships with productivity G.J. Lee, K.D. Atkins and A.A. Swan (Orange, NSW and Armidale, NSW, Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetic associations between observed feed intake measurements during growth, feed intake curve parameters and growing–finishing performances of central tested boars V. Schulze, R. Roehe, J.L. Bermejo, H. Looft and E. Kalm (Kiel and Schleswig, Germany) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use of Bayesian analysis of growth functions to estimate crossbreeding parameters in Iberian pigs ´ ´ ´˜ A. Fernandez, M.C. Rodrıguez, J. Rodriganez, L. Silio´ and M.A. Toro (Madrid, Spain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Partition of sire effects for international sire evaluation in the presence of genotype 3 environment interaction K. Togashi, C.Y. Lin, T. Yoshizawa, Y. Okamura, K. Moribe, A. Nishiura and N. Yamamoto (Sapporo, Japan, Guelph, Canada, Fukushima and Tokyo, Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estimation of energy intake from heart rate and energy expenditure in sheep under confinement or grazing condition D. Barkai, S. Landau, A. Brosh, H. Baram and G. Molle (Negev, Bet Dagan and Ramat Yishai, Israel and Olmedo, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transport stress in horses: an electromyographic study on balance preservation G. Giovagnoli, M. Trabalza Marinucci, A. Bolla and A. Borghese (Perugia and Roma, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The effects of feed restriction and lying deprivation on pituitary–adrenal axis regulation in lactating cows A.D. Fisher, G.A. Verkerk, C.J. Morrow and L.R. Matthews (Hamilton, New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Influence of halothane genotype and body-weight on myosin heavy chain composition in pig muscle as related to meat quality F.F.S. Depreux, A.L. Grant and D.E. Gerrard (West Lafayette, IN, USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A simple model to predict the herbage intake of grazing dairy ewes in semi-extensive Mediterranean systems M. Avondo, S. Bordonaro, D. Marletta, A.M. Guastella and G. D’Urso (Catania, Italy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primiparous and multiparous maternal ability in sows in relation to indoor and outdoor farrowing systems ¨ ¨ M. Wulbers-Mindermann, B. Algers, C. Berg, N. Lundeheim and J. Sigvardsson (Skara, Funbo-Lovsta and Karlstad, Sweden) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contents Volume 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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